EVP & COO of Nutraceutical International Corp. (NUTR) Jeffrey A Hinrichs sells 6,000 shares of NUTR on 11/19/2010 at an average price of $16.5 a share.

Nutraceutical International Corp. has a market cap of $172.6 million; its shares were traded at around $16.59 with a P/E ratio of 10.9 and P/S ratio of 1.1. Nutraceutical International Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 5.5% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Nutraceutical International Corp. the business predictability rank of 3-star.

NUTR is in the portfolios of Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC.

CFO Recent Trades:

• Buy: Vice President & CFO Cory J Mcqueen bought 72 shares of NUTR stock on 06/03/2010 at the average price of 13.95. Cory J Mcqueen owns at least 10,370 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 18.92% since.

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

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Buy: Director James D Stice bought 143 shares of NUTR stock on 06/03/2010 at the average price of 13.95. James D Stice owns at least 5,771 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 18.92% since.


• Buy: Asst VP & Controller Andrew W Seelos bought 143 shares of NUTR stock on 06/03/2010 at the average price of 13.95. Andrew W Seelos owns at least 10,903 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 18.92% since.


• Buy: Director J Kimo Esplin bought 72 shares of NUTR stock on 06/03/2010 at the average price of 13.95. J Kimo Esplin owns at least 2,882 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 18.92% since.


• Sell: EVP & COO Jeffrey A Hinrichs sold 4,000 shares of NUTR stock on 10/19/2010 at the average price of 15.82. Jeffrey A Hinrichs owns at least 223,407 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.87% since.


• Sell: President Bruce R Hough sold 9,685 shares of NUTR stock on 10/15/2010 at the average price of 15.96. Bruce R Hough owns at least 1,073 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3.95% since.

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