CFO and Treasurer of Bill Barrett Corp. (BBG) Robert William Howard sells 10,000 shares of BBG on 12/03/2010 at an average price of $40 a share.

Bill Barrett Corp. has a market cap of $1.89 billion; its shares were traded at around $40.68 with a P/E ratio of 19.3 and P/S ratio of 3.2. Bill Barrett Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 35.9% over the past 5 years.

BBG is in the portfolios of Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates, Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates, Mario Gabelli of GAMCO Investors, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC.


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

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Buy: Director William F Owens bought 1,000 shares of BBG stock on 08/11/2010 at the average price of 36.55. William F Owens owns at least 1,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 11.3% since.


• Sell: Senior Vice President David R Macosko sold 27,648 shares of BBG stock on 12/01/2010 at the average price of 39.15. David R Macosko owns at least 10,564 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3.91% since.


• Sell: Senior Vice President David R Macosko sold 45,313 shares of BBG stock on 11/24/2010 at the average price of 39.15. David R Macosko owns at least 10,564 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3.91% since.


• Sell: Executive Vice President Francis Brian Barron sold 3,000 shares of BBG stock on 11/10/2010 at the average price of 38.95. Francis Brian Barron owns at least 57,459 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.44% since.


• Sell: Executive Vice President Kurt Reinecke sold 10,925 shares of BBG stock on 11/09/2010 at the average price of 39.71. Kurt Reinecke owns at least 29,466 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 2.44% since.

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1. As legendary investor Peter Lynch said: "Insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise."
2. TOP EXECUTIVES like CEOs and CFOs are savvy buyers of their companies' shares. One long-term study showed that they beat the market on average by six percentage points a year.
3. Another study found that the aggregated activities of insiders can serve as a good indicator to locate market bottoms. Insiders as a whole are smart investors of their own companies.

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