Weekly Insider Sells Highlight: FDO, MSFT, ISRG, INTC

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Feb 02, 2015

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest insider sells during the past week were; Family Dollar Stores Inc, Microsoft Corp, Intuitive Surgical Inc and Intel Corp.

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

Family Dollar Stores Inc (FDO, Financial): Director Edward P Garden sold 8,363,386 shares

Director Edward P Garden sold 8,363,386 shares of Family Dollar Stores (FDO, Financial) stock on January 27, /2015 at the average price of $76.12. Edward P Garden owns at least 1,179 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.03% since.

Family Dollar Stores Inc has a market cap of $9.03 billion; its shares were traded at around $76.10 with a P/E ratio of 35.10 and P/S ratio of 0.82. The dividend yield of Family Dollar Stores Inc stocks is 1.22% and it had annual average earnings growth of 13.10% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Family Dollar Stores Inc the business predictability rank of 5-star.

Family Dollar Stores has released its first quarter 2015 results. For this quarter, the company generated net income per diluted share of $0.36 compared to $0.68 in the first quarter of 2014. Total net sales increased 2.3% to $2.56 billion, and gross profit was $852.9 million as compared to $856.8 million a year ago.

Director Sharon A Decker and Director Dale Pond both also sold shares of FDO stock over the past week.

Microsoft Corp (MSFT, Financial): Director William H Gates III sold 1,000,000 shares

Director of Microsoft Corp (MSFT, Financial) William H Gates III sold 1,000,000 shares on January 28, 2015 at an average price of $40.40.

Microsoft Corp has a market cap of $382.88 billion; its shares were traded at around $40.40 with a P/E ratio of 16.30 and P/S ratio of 3.60. The dividend yield of Microsoft Corp stocks is 2.85%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 11.70% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Microsoft Corp the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.

Microsoft Corp has recently released its second quarter 2015 results ended December 31, 2014. Revenue for the quarter was $26.5 billion, with operating income at $7.8 billion and diluted EPS of $0.71.

Intuitive Surgical Inc (ISRG, Financial): Director Lonnie M Smith sold 20,000 shares

Director Lonnie M Smith sold 20,000 shares of Intuitive Surgical (ISRG, Financial) stock on January 27, 2015 at the average price of $511.31. Lonnie M Smith owns at least 240,744 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 3.29% since.

Intuitive Surgical Inc has a market cap of $19.18 billion; its shares were traded at around $494.48 with a P/E ratio of 44.10 and P/S ratio of 8.72. It had an annual average earnings growth of 27.00% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Intuitive Surgical Inc the business predictability rank of 2.5-star.

In its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014, Intuitive Surgical Inc. reported Non-GAAP revenue of $601 million and net income of $184 million, or $4.92 per diluted share. This compares to net income of $4.98 per diluted share in the year ago period.

SVP & CFO Marshall Mohr sold 5,000 shares of ISRG stock on January 27, 2015 at the average price of $511.14. EVP Jerome J Mcnamara and multiple other insiders all also sold shares of ISRG stock recently.

Intel Corp (INTC, Financial): President Renee Jo James sold 246,310 shares

President Renee Jo James sold 246,310 shares of Intel (INTC, Financial) stock on January 27, 2015 at the average price of $35.29. Renee Jo James owns at least 18,571 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 6.38% since.

Intel Corp was incorporated in California in 1968 and reincorporated in Delaware in 1989. The company has a market cap of $175.46 billion; its shares were traded at around $33.04 with a P/E ratio of 14.20 and P/S ratio of 2.99. The dividend yield of Intel Corp stocks is 2.72%. Intel Corp had an annual average earnings growth of 7.50% over the past 10 years.

Intel Corp has reported its fourth quarter 2014 results. Fourth quarter revenue was up 6% year-over-year to $14.7 billion. Net income was $3.7 billion, and EPS were $0.74. During the quarter, the company paid dividends of $1.1 billion and repurchased $4.0 billion worth of stock.

Exec VP GM William M Holt also recently sold shares of INTC stock.

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