Chairman, Pres., CEO of MICROS Systems Inc. (MCRS) Athanasios L Giannopoulos sells 100,000 shares of MCRS on 11/22/2010 at an average price of $43.8 a share.

Micros Systems Inc. has a market cap of $3.52 billion; its shares were traded at around $43.94 with a P/E ratio of 29.29 and P/S ratio of 3.85. Micros Systems Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 24.5% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Micros Systems Inc. the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

MCRS is in the portfolios of Richard Aster Jr of Meridian Fund, Columbia Wanger of Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates, Jeremy Grantham of GMO LLC, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors, Jean-Marie Eveillard of First Eagle Investment Management, LLC, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC.

This is the annual revenues and earnings per share of MCRS over the last 10 years. For detailed 10-year financial data and charts, go to 10-Year Financials of MCRS.

CEO Recent Trades:

• Sell: Chairman, Pres., CEO Athanasios L Giannopoulos sold 100,000 shares of MCRS stock on 09/14/2010 at the average price of 39.61. Athanasios L Giannopoulos owns at least 50,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 10.93% since.

CFO Recent Trades:

• Sell: EVP & CFO Cynthia A Russo sold 40,000 shares of MCRS stock on 08/31/2010 at the average price of 38.13. Cynthia A Russo owns at least 556 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 15.24% since.

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

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Sell: Sr VP, N America Distribution Edgar J Chapel sold 9,000 shares of MCRS stock on 11/19/2010 at the average price of 44.1. Edgar J Chapel owns at least 68,388 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.36% since.


• Sell: EVP, Asia Pacific Region Stefan Piringer sold 76,668 shares of MCRS stock on 11/10/2010 at the average price of 45.12. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.62% since.


• Sell: Chief Administrative Officer Jennifer M Kurdle sold 60,000 shares of MCRS stock on 11/08/2010 at the average price of 45.43. Jennifer M Kurdle owns at least 844 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 3.28% since.


• Sell: Director Louis M Brown sold 34,640 shares of MCRS stock on 11/04/2010 at the average price of 45.54. Louis M Brown owns at least 215,736 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 3.51% since.


• Sell: EVP, South America Group Bernard Jammet sold 69,648 shares of MCRS stock on 11/04/2010 at the average price of 45.65. Bernard Jammet owns at least 4,216 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 3.75% since.

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