CFO of Ballantyne of Omaha Inc (BTN) Kevin S Herrmann sells 35,000 shares of BTN on 09/07/2010 at an average price of $8.21 a share.

Ballantyne Of Omaha Inc has a market cap of $117.7 million; its shares were traded at around $8.25 with a P/E ratio of 30.6 and P/S ratio of 1.6.

BTN is in the portfolios of Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates, John Rogers of ARIEL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC.


This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of BTN. For the complete insider trading history of BTN, click here.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Sell: Director Mark Hasebroock sold 23,625 shares of BTN stock on 09/03/2010 at the average price of 8.01. Mark Hasebroock owns at least 9,200 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3% since.


• Sell: Director Marc E Lebaron sold 23,625 shares of BTN stock on 05/25/2010 at the average price of 7.59. Marc E Lebaron owns at least 25,700 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 8.7% since.


• Sell: Director Alvin Abramson sold 23,625 shares of BTN stock on 05/12/2010 at the average price of 8.47. Alvin Abramson owns at least 32,125 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.6% since.


• Sell: Director Alvin Abramson sold 23,625 shares of BTN stock on 05/12/2010 at the average price of 8.47. Alvin Abramson owns at least 32,125 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.6% since.


• Sell: Director Bill Welsh sold 23,625 shares of BTN stock on 05/10/2010 at the average price of 8.07. Bill Welsh owns at least 129,750 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 2.23% since.

Why CEOs Are Buying Stocks Of Their Own Companies?

1. As legendary investor Peter Lynch said: "Insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise."
2. TOP EXECUTIVES like CEOs and CFOs are savvy buyers of their companies' shares. One long-term study showed that they beat the market on average by six percentage points a year.
3. Another study found that the aggregated activities of insiders can serve as a good indicator to locate market bottoms. Insiders as a whole are smart investors of their own companies.

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