Chairman of the Board of Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp (ESP) Howard M Pinsley sells 1,500 shares of ESP on 10/01/2010 at an average price of $21.6 a share.
Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp has a market cap of $54 million; its shares were traded at around $23.28 with a P/E ratio of 13.9 and P/S ratio of 1.9. The dividend yield of Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp stocks is 3.9%.
ESP is in the portfolios of Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC.
Buy: Director Carl Helmetag bought 250 shares of ESP stock on 05/13/2010 at the average price of 18.98. Carl Helmetag owns at least 1,504 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 22.66% since.
Sell: Chairman of the Board Howard M Pinsley sold 600 shares of ESP stock on 09/13/2010 at the average price of 20.7. Howard M Pinsley owns at least 108,288 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 12.46% since.
Sell: Director Alvin O Sabo sold 1,500 shares of ESP stock on 08/27/2010 at the average price of 19.37. Alvin O Sabo owns at least 3,300 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 20.19% since.
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