CFO of VMWARE INC. (VMW) Mark S Peek sells 52,306 shares of VMW on 11/15/2010 at an average price of $78.9 a share.

Vmware Inc. has a market cap of $31.29 billion; its shares were traded at around $75.51 with a P/E ratio of 94.4 and P/S ratio of 15.5.

VMW is in the portfolios of Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates, Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors, Jeremy Grantham of GMO LLC, Ron Baron of Baron Funds, PRIMECAP Management.

CFO Recent Trades:

• Sell: CFO Mark S Peek sold 1,365 shares of VMW stock on 11/04/2010 at the average price of 80. Mark S Peek owns at least 44,176 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 5.61% since.


• Sell: CFO Mark S Peek sold 30,000 shares of VMW stock on 11/01/2010 at the average price of 76.66. Mark S Peek owns at least 45,541 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.5% since.


• Sell: CFO Mark S Peek sold 113,745 shares of VMW stock on 08/09/2010 at the average price of 81.04. Mark S Peek owns at least 75,541 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 6.82% since.


• Sell: CFO Mark S Peek sold 30,000 shares of VMW stock on 08/02/2010 at the average price of 78.87. Mark S Peek owns at least 165,541 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 4.26% since.


• Sell: CFO Mark S Peek sold 3,370 shares of VMW stock on 06/08/2010 at the average price of 66.58. Mark S Peek owns at least 195,348 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 13.41% since.

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

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Buy: 10% Owner Corp Emc bought 32,100 shares of VMW stock on 11/05/2010 at the average price of 77.79. Corp Emc owns at least 32,324,418 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.93% since.


• Buy: 10% Owner Corp Emc bought 38,950 shares of VMW stock on 11/02/2010 at the average price of 77.06. Corp Emc owns at least 32,292,318 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.01% since.


• Buy: 10% Owner Corp Emc bought 55,375 shares of VMW stock on 10/29/2010 at the average price of 76.97. Corp Emc owns at least 32,253,368 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.9% since.


• Buy: 10% Owner Corp Emc bought 79,100 shares of VMW stock on 10/26/2010 at the average price of 75.46. Corp Emc owns at least 32,197,993 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.07% since.


• Buy: 10% Owner Corp Emc bought 188,785 shares of VMW stock on 10/21/2010 at the average price of 74.29. Corp Emc owns at least 32,118,893 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.64% since.

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