Weekly CEO Sells Highlight: Netlist Inc, LifePoint Hospitals Inc, Amyris Inc, and Sapient Corp.

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May 26, 2014

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, these are the largest CEO sales during the past week: Netlist Inc, LifePoint Hospitals Inc, Amyris Inc, and Sapient Corp.

Netlist Inc (NLST, Financial): President, CEO & Chairman, 10% Owner Chun K Hong sold 350,000 Shares

President, CEO & Chairman, 10% Owner of Netlist Inc (NLST, Financial) Chun Hong sold 350,000 shares on May 19 at an average price of $1.29. Netlist designs, manufactures high performance memory subsystems for the server, high performance computing and communications markets. Netlist Inc has a market cap of $48.116 million; its shares were traded at around $1.16 with and P/S ratio of 1.57.

Netlist Inc announced their 2014 first quarter results. The company reported revenues of $7.0 million and net loss of $2.0 million.

President, CEO & Chairman, 10% Owner Chun Hong sold 350,000 shares of NLST stock on May 19 at the average price of $1.29.

LifePoint Hospitals Inc (LPNT, Financial): Chairman and CEO William Carpenter sold 280,849 Shares

Chairman and CEO of LifePoint Hospitals Inc (LPNT, Financial) William Carpenter sold 280,849 shares on May 16 at an average price of $58.11. LifePoint Hospitals, a Delaware corporation, acting through its subsidiaries, operates general acute care hospitals primarily in non-urban communities in the United States. Lifepoint Hospitals Inc has a market cap of $2.7 billion; its shares were traded at around $60.60 with a P/E ratio of 21.80 and P/S ratio of 0.77. Lifepoint Hospitals Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 9.80% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Lifepoint Hospitals Inc the business predictability rank of 3-star.

LifePoint Hospitals reported revenues of $1.0 billion and net income of $37.7 million for their 2014 first quarter results.

Chairman and CEO William F Carpenter sold 280,849 shares of LPNT stock on May 16 at the average price of $58.11. EVP, Chief Legal Officer Paul D Gilbert, EVP, Chief Admin. Officer John P Bumpus¸ Director Marguerite Kondracke, Director John E Jr D D S Maupin, and SVP & Chief Acctg. Officer Michael S. Coggin sold 79,922 shares of LPNT stock in March and May.

Amyris Inc (AMRS, Financial): President and CEO John Melo sold 172,186 Shares

President and CEO of Amyris Inc (AMRS, Financial) John Melo sold 172,186 shares on May 15 at an average price of $3.02. Amyris was formed as a California corporation in 2003 under the name Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc. Amyris Inc has a market cap of $265.034 million; its shares were traded at around $3.37 with and P/S ratio of 7.02.

Amyris Inc announced their 2014 first quarter financial results with net income of $16.4 million and revenues of $2.8 million.

President and CEO John Melo sold 172,186 shares of AMRS stock on 05/15/2014 at the average price of 3.02. Director L John Doerr bought 172,186 shares of AMRS stock on 05/15/2014 at the average price of 3.02.

Sapient Corp (SAPE, Financial): CEO Alan J Herrick sold 165,000 Shares

CEO of Sapient Corp (SAPE, Financial) Alan J Herrick sold 165,000 shares on 05/15/2014 at an average price of $16.84. Sapient Corporation was founded in 1990 and incorporated in Delaware in 1991. Sapient Corp has a market cap of $2.33 billion; its shares were traded at around $16.42 with a P/E ratio of 27.90 and P/S ratio of 1.73. Sapient Corp had an annual average earnings growth of 27.00% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Sapient Corp the business predictability rank of 3-star.

Sapient Corp announced their 2013 third quarter results with revenues of $323.8 million and net income per share of $0.19.

CEO Alan J Herrick sold 165,000 shares of SAPE stock on 05/15/2014 at the average price of 16.84. Senior Vice President Laurie W. Maclaren and Senior Vice President Alan M Wexler sold 74,922 shares of SAPE stock in May.

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