Monday 5/20 Insider Buying Report: QRTEA, HIL (Nasdaq.com)
At Qurate Retail (QRTEA), a filing with the SEC revealed that on Wednesday, Chairman of the Board Gregory B. Maffei purchased 50,000 shares of QRTEA, for a cost of $12.75 each, for a total investment of $637,555. Maffei was up about 6.3% on the buy at the high point of today’s trading session, with QRTEA trading as high as $13.55 in trading on Monday. Qurate Retail is trading off about 0.1% on the day Monday. Before this latest buy, Maffei made one other buy in the past twelve months, purchasing $1.25M shares at a cost of $12.49 a piece. And on Thursday, Director James M. Chadwick purchased $516,580 worth of Hill International (HIL), purchasing 225,581 shares at a cost of $2.29 each.
A Director at 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) is Buying Shares (AnalystRatings)
Today, a Director at 3M Company (MMM), David Dillon, bought shares of MMM for $203.4K. This recent transaction increases David Dillon’s holding in the company by 28.94% to a total of $904.1K. This is Dillon’s first transaction since reporting a Sell transaction on KR back in March 2011. MMM’s market cap is $97.47B and the company has a P/E ratio of 17.93. Currently, 3M Company has an average volume of 1.25M. The Company has a Price to Book ratio of 10.0451.
Notable Insider Buys This Past Week: Coty, Symantec and More (Benzinga)
Here’s a look at a few notable insider purchases reported in the past week, but also note that frequent purchasers Richard Kinder, executive board chair at Kinder Morgan Inc KMI 0.2%, and Opko Health Inc. OPK 2.44% CEO Phillip Frost continued their buying streaks as well. Hain Celestial: Hain Celestial Group Inc HAIN 3.15% had a director make a few more notable indirect share purchases this past week. At $23.08 to $24.47 apiece, the more than 2.08 million shares acquired totaled nearly $49.19 million. The stake was listed as over 2.21 million shares, which compares with more than 104 million shares outstanding.
The COO and President (TruBridge) of Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPSI) is Selling Shares (AnalystRatings)
Today, the COO and President (TruBridge) of Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. (CPSI), Christopher Fowler, sold shares of CPSI for $44.99K. In addition to Christopher Fowler, 3 other CPSI executives reported Sell trades in the last month. CPSI’s market cap is $384.5M and the company has a P/E ratio of 22.16. Currently, Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. has an average volume of 98.99K.
Insider Activity: Wayfair (W) Board Member Buys $423k in Stock (InvestorsObserver.com)
Michael Andrew Kumin, a member of the board of directors at Wayfair (W), bought 3,000 shares of the company’s common stock on May 14. At $141.04 per share, Kumin paid a total of $423,120 for the new shares.
