CEO of Southwest Gas Corp. (SWX) Jeffrey W Shaw sells 36,600 shares of SWX on 01/03/2011 at an average price of $37.57 a share.

Southwest Gas Corp. has a market cap of $1.65 billion; its shares were traded at around $36.33 with a P/E ratio of 14.3 and P/S ratio of 0.9. The dividend yield of Southwest Gas Corp. stocks is 2.8%. Southwest Gas Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 2.2% over the past 10 years.

SWX is in the portfolios of Mario Gabelli of GAMCO Investors, Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC.

CFO Recent Trades:

• Sell: Exec VP/CFO/Corporate Sec George C Biehl sold 9,000 shares of SWX stock on 09/29/2010 at the average price of 33.54. George C Biehl owns at least 99,410 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 8.32% since.

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

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Buy: Director A. Randall Thoman bought 846 shares of SWX stock on 12/27/2010 at the average price of 36.94. A. Randall Thoman owns at least 2,129 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.65% since.


• Buy: Director A. Randall Thoman bought 7 shares of SWX stock on 10/28/2010 at the average price of 34.41. A. Randall Thoman owns at least 1,274 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 5.58% since.


• Buy: Director A. Randall Thoman bought 604 shares of SWX stock on 09/28/2010 at the average price of 33.54. A. Randall Thoman owns at least 1,266 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 8.32% since.


• Buy: Director A. Randall Thoman bought 8 shares of SWX stock on 08/26/2010 at the average price of 31.39. A. Randall Thoman owns at least 658 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 15.74% since.


• Sell: Senior VP/Regulatory Affairs John P Hester sold 5,000 shares of SWX stock on 12/23/2010 at the average price of 36.7. John P Hester owns at least 40,224 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.01% since.

Why CEOs Are Buying Stocks Of Their Own Companies?

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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