CFO and VP Finance of Micrel Inc. (mcrl) Ray Wallin sells 20,000 shares of mcrl on 02/24/2011 at an average price of $13.35 a share.

Micrel Inc. has a market cap of $834.8 million; its shares were traded at around $13.61 with a P/E ratio of 16.6 and P/S ratio of 2.9. The dividend yield of Micrel Inc. stocks is 1%. Micrel Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 7.1% over the past 5 years.

Hedge Fund Gurus that owns MCRL: Joel Greenblatt of Gotham Capital, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC, Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors. Mutual Fund and Other Gurus that owns MCRL: Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates, Jeremy Grantham of GMO LLC.

CFO Recent Trades:

• Sell: VP Finance/CFO Ray Wallin sold 9,500 shares of MCRL stock on 11/30/2010 at the average price of 12.45. Ray Wallin owns at least 9,852 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 9.32% since.


• Sell: VP Finance/CFO Ray Wallin sold 5,000 shares of MCRL stock on 11/23/2010 at the average price of 12.14. Ray Wallin owns at least 9,852 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 12.11% since.


• Sell: VP Finance/CFO Ray Wallin sold 5,626 shares of MCRL stock on 11/15/2010 at the average price of 12.1. Ray Wallin owns at least 14,852 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 12.48% since.

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

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Buy: Director John Bourgoin bought 5,000 shares of MCRL stock on 11/11/2010 at the average price of 12.19. John Bourgoin owns at least 5,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 11.65% since.


• Buy: Co-founder Raymond D Zinn bought 2,500 shares of MCRL stock on 08/31/2010 at the average price of 8.83. Raymond D Zinn owns at least 11,611,246 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 54.13% since.


• Sell: VP WW Operatins and Foundry James Guy Gandenberger sold 20,000 shares of MCRL stock on 02/17/2011 at the average price of 14.91. The price of the stock has decreased by 8.72% since.


• Sell: VP Analog Marketing Andy Cowell sold 25,000 shares of MCRL stock on 02/11/2011 at the average price of 13.51. Andy Cowell owns at least 1,512 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.74% since.


• Sell: VP Analog Business Unit David Schie sold 120,000 shares of MCRL stock on 02/11/2011 at the average price of 13.51. The price of the stock has increased by 0.74% since.

For the complete insider trading history of mcrl, click here.

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