CEO of Coventry Health Care Inc. (CVH) Allen F Wise sells 250,000 shares of CVH on 11/10/2010 at an average price of $25.79 a share.

Coventry Health Care Inc. has a market cap of $3.87 billion; its shares were traded at around $26.1 with a P/E ratio of 7.5 and P/S ratio of 0.3. Coventry Health Care Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 28% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Coventry Health Care Inc. the business predictability rank of 2.5-star.

CVH is in the portfolios of Edward Owens of Vanguard Health Care Fund, Jeff Auxier of Auxier Focus Fund, James Barrow of Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Paul Tudor Jones of The Tudor Group, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates, Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors, David Dreman of Dreman Value Management, Jeremy Grantham of GMO LLC.

CFO Recent Trades:

• Sell: SVP and Interim CFO John J Stelben sold 5,000 shares of CVH stock on 11/09/2010 at the average price of 26.49. John J Stelben owns at least 245,630 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.47% since.

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

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Sell: Sr. VP and Controller John J Ruhlmann sold 1,117 shares of CVH stock on 11/10/2010 at the average price of 25.82. John J Ruhlmann owns at least 165,910 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.08% since.


• Sell: Executive Vice President Harvey C Jr Demovick sold 229,885 shares of CVH stock on 11/09/2010 at the average price of 25.7. Harvey C Jr Demovick owns at least 211,560 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.56% since.


• Sell: SVP & Chief HR Officer Patrisha L Davis sold 8,340 shares of CVH stock on 11/09/2010 at the average price of 26.36. Patrisha L Davis owns at least 249,628 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.99% since.


• Sell: Executive Vice President Harvey C Jr Demovick sold 57,984 shares of CVH stock on 08/09/2010 at the average price of 21.71. Harvey C Jr Demovick owns at least 901,215 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 20.22% since.


• Sell: Sr. VP and Corp. Controller John J Ruhlmann sold 3,205 shares of CVH stock on 06/23/2010 at the average price of 19.39. John J Ruhlmann owns at least 167,386 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 34.61% since.

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