According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest insider sells during the past week were: Clorox Co, Eaton Corp PLC, Broadcom Corp, and Robert Half International Inc.
The overall trend of insiders is illustrated in the chart below:
Clorox Co (CLX, Financial): Executive Chairman Donald R Knauss sold 272,780 Shares
Executive Chairman Donald R Knauss sold 272,780 shares of CLX stock on 02/06/2015 at the average price of $106.83. Donald R Knauss owns at least 71,456 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 2.03% since.
Clorox Co has a market cap of $14.3 billion; its shares were traded at around $109.00 with a P/E ratio of 27.50 and P/S ratio of 2.55. The dividend yield of Clorox Co stocks is 2.69% and the company had an annual average earnings growth of 4.10% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Clorox Co the business predictability rank of 2-star.
The Clorox Company recently released its second quarter 2015 results ended December 31, 2014. Diluted EPS from continuing operations for the quarter were $0.98, which was 8% higher than the prior year quarter. Sales growth were 3%, and sales volume grew 4% over last year. Net cash provided by continuing operations improved to $267 million from $222 million in the year-ago period.
EVP-COO - Household Nikolaos A Vlahos sold 16,018 shares of CLX stock on 02/12/2015 at the average price of $108.01. EVP - New Bus. Development Frank A Tataseo sold 86,087 shares of CLX stock on 02/10/2015 at the average price of $107.01.
Eaton Corp PLC (ETN, Financial): See Remarks below. Alexander M Cutler sold 330,000 Shares
Alexander M Cutler sold 330,000 shares of ETN stock on 02/05/2015 at the average price of $69.23. Alexander M Cutler owns at least 495,141 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.8% since.
Eaton Corp PLC was incorporated under the laws of Ireland on May 10, 2012. Eaton Corp PLC has a market cap of $34.43 billion; its shares were traded at around $72.55 with a P/E ratio of 20.50 and P/S ratio of 1.54. The dividend yield of Eaton Corp PLC stocks is 2.70% and the company had an annual average earnings growth of 4.10% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Eaton Corp the business predictability rank of 2.5-star.
For its fourth quarter of 2014, Eaton reported operating EPS of $1.27, up 18% year-over-year. Operating cash flow was $944 million, and sales were $5.6 billion – up 1% over the prior year quarter.
Richard H Fearon sold 91,513 shares of ETN stock on 02/09/2015 at the average price of $70.33.
Broadcom Corp (BRCM, Financial): Executive Vice President & CFO Eric Brandt sold 457,500 Shares
Executive Vice President & CFO Eric Brandt sold 457,500 shares of BRCM stock on 02/13/2015 at the average price of $45.38. Eric Brandt owns at least 500,758 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.68% since.
Broadcom Corp has a market cap of $27.37 billion; its shares were traded at around $45.69 with a P/E ratio of 42.30 and P/S ratio of 3.26. The dividend yield of Broadcom Corp stocks is 1.09%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 21.70% over the past 10 years.
Broadcom Corp reported fourth quarter 2014 net revenue of $2.14 billion and GAAP net income of $390 million. This compares to the revenues of $2.06 billion and income of $186 million reported in the same period of 2013.
EVP Michael E. Hurlston and EVP Neil Y. Kim, along with multiple other insiders, all also sold shares of BRCM stock over the past week.
Robert Half International Inc (RHI, Financial): Vice Chairman, President & CFO M Keith Waddell sold 300,000 Shares
Vice Chairman, President & CFO M Keith Waddell sold 300,000 shares of RHI stock on 02/11/2015 at the average price of $60.6. M Keith Waddell owns at least 1,306,759 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.35% since.
Robert Half International Inc has a market cap of $8.35 billion; its shares were traded at around $61.42 with a P/E ratio of 29.00 and P/S ratio of 1.83. The dividend yield of Robert Half International Inc stocks is 1.17%. It had an annual average earnings growth of 0.30% over the past 10 years.
Robert Half International generated fourth quarter 2014 net income of $84.1 million ($0.62 per share), which improved from the $66.9 million ($0.49 per share) generated in the year-ago period. Revenues also increased - to $1.22 billion from $1.08 billion last year.
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