Weekly Insider Sells Highlight: CLX, NKE, FDX, FDS

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Dec 28, 2014

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest insider sells during the past week were: Clorox Co, Nike Inc, FedEx Corp, and FactSet Research Systems Inc.

The overall trend of insiders is illustrated in the chart below:

Clorox Co (CLX, Financial): Executive Chairman Donald R Knauss sold 270,853 Shares

Executive Chairman Donald R Knauss sold 270,853 shares of CLX stock on 12/22/2014 at the average price of $104.06. Donald R Knauss owns at least 71,456 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.53% since.

Clorox Co has a market cap of $13.67 billion; its shares were traded at around $105.65 with a P/E ratio of 27.20 and P/S ratio of 2.49. The dividend yield of Clorox Co stocks is 2.74%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 4.20% over the past 10 years.

For its fiscal first quarter ended September 30, 2014, Clorox Co reported diluted EPS of $1.10 and sales growth of 1%. Net cash provided by continuing operations was $234 million, compared with $184 million in the year ago quarter.

EVP Nikolaos A Vlahos and VP - Global Business Services Thomas D Johnson both also sold shares of CLX stock over the past month.

Nike Inc (NKE, Financial): COO Eric D Sprunk sold 166,718 Shares

COO Eric D Sprunk sold 166,718 shares of NKE stock on 12/24/2014 at the average price of $96.39. Eric D Sprunk owns at least 134,270 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.46% since.

Nike Inc is engaged in designing, development and worldwide marketing of footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessory products. The company has a market cap of $83.42 billion; its shares were traded at around $96.83 with a P/E ratio of 28.70 and P/S ratio of 2.90. The dividend yield of Nike Inc stocks is 1.03% and it had an annual average earnings growth of 8.60% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Nike Inc the business predictability rank of 5-star.

Nike recently released its fiscal second quarter 2015 results ended November 30, 2014. For this quarter, revenues were up 15% to $7.4 billion and diluted earnings per share were up 25% to $0.74. Also during this period, the company repurchased 5.1 million shares of stock for $425 million and saw gross margin increase 120 basis points to 45.1%.

President and CEO Mark G Parker sold 180,000 shares of NKE stock on 12/23/2014 at the average price of $95.99. Other insiders also recently sold shares of stock.

FedEx Corp (FDX, Financial): EVP Christine P Richards sold 75,735 Shares

EVP GENL COUNSEL/SECTY of FedEx Corp (FDX, Financial) Christine P Richards sold 75,735 shares on 12/22/2014 at an average price of $175.90.

FedEx Corp has a market cap of $49.83 billion; its shares were traded at around $175.90 with a P/E ratio of 22.10 and P/S ratio of 1.11. The dividend yield of Fedex Corp stocks is 0.43%. FedEx Corp had an annual average earnings growth of 2.90% over the past 10 years.

FedEx Corp recently reported second quarter revenue of $11.9 million and net income of $616 million, up 5% and 23% respectively year-over-year. Operating margin was 8.5% compared to 7.3% a year ago.

President and CEO/FedEx Ground Henry J Maier and President/CEO - FedEx Freight William J Logue both also recently sold shares of FedEx stock.

FactSet Research Systems, Inc. (FDS, Financial): Executive Vice President & COO Peter G Walsh sold 80,000 Shares

Executive Vice President & COO Peter G Walsh sold 80,000 shares of FDS stock on 12/19/2014 at the average price of $142.12. Peter G Walsh owns at least 23,032 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.74% since.

FactSet Research Systems, Inc. has a market cap of $6.04 billion; its shares were traded at around $144.59 with a P/E ratio of 28.60 and P/S ratio of 6.55. The dividend yield of Factset Research Systems, Inc. stocks is 1.05% and it had an annual average earnings growth of 12.90% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Factset Research Systems, Inc. the business predictability rank of 4-star.

For its fiscal first quarter of 2015, the company reported free cash flow up 25.9% to $66 million, with adjusted EPS up 11.9% to $1.32.

CEO & Chairman Philip A Hadley also recently sold shares of stock.

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