Weekly CFO Sales Highlight: INTU, AXAS, DG, ALOT

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Sep 18, 2011
According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest CFO sells during the past week were: Intuit Inc, Abraxas Petroleum Corp, Dollar General, and AstroMed Inc.


Intuit Inc. (INTU, Financial): SVP and CFO R Neil Williams Sold 122,142 Shares

SVP and CFO of Intuit Inc. (INTU) R Neil Williams sold 122,142 shares on 09/13/2011 at an average price of $46.61. Intuit's mission is to revolutionize how people manage their financial activities. Intuit Inc. has a market cap of $14.99 billion; its shares were traded at around $49.31 with a P/E ratio of 22.6 and P/S ratio of 4. Intuit Inc. had an annual average earnings growth of 15.8% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Intuit Inc. the business predictability rank of 4-star.


During its fourth quarter 2011, Intuit Inc. reported a 10% increase in revenue from prior year quarter – to $593 million. This quarter was the first profitable quarter of the company in recent history – with Non-GAAP EPS of $0.02.


SVP and CFO R Neil Williams sold 122,142 shares of INTU stock on 09/13/2011 at the average price of 46.61. R Neil Williams owns at least 13,021 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 5.79% since. Director David H Batchelder sold a total of 5,562,500 shares of INTU during the past week.


Abraxas Petroleum Corp. (AXAS, Financial): Former EVP/CFO Chris E Williford Sold 100,000 Shares

Former EVP/CFO of Abraxas Petroleum Corp. (AXAS) Chris E Williford sold 100,000 shares on 09/15/2011 at an average price of $3.42. Chris E Williford owns at least 98,974 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0% since.


Abraxas Petroleum Corporation is an independent energy company engaged primarily in the acquisition, exploration, exploitation and production of crude oil and natural gas. Abraxas Petroleum Corp. has a market cap of $313.9 million; its shares were traded at around $3.42 with and P/S ratio of 5.3.


Abraxas Petroleum Corp recently released its second quarter 2011 results. During this quarter, the company saw revenues of $17.0 million and net income of $8.9 million ($0.10 per share) – compared to $15.0 million and $5.3 million respectively last year. EBITDA was $7.4 million.


Dollar General (DG, Financial): EVP & CFO David M Tehle Sold 45,981 Shares

EVP & CFO of Dollar General (DG) David M Tehle sold 45,981 shares on 09/14/2011 at an average price of $33.71. Dollar General Corporation is a discount retailer in the United States. Dollar General has a market cap of $13 billion; its shares were traded at around $38.07 with a P/E ratio of 18.8 and P/S ratio of 0.9.


For its second quarter 2011 results, Dollar General reported total sales increase of 11.2%. The company also reported adjusted net income of $181 million – a 25% increase from last year.


Chairman & CEO Richard W Dreiling sold 170,000 shares of DG stock on 09/14/2011 at the average price of 33.71. EVP & CFO David M Tehle sold 45,981 shares of DG stock on 09/14/2011 at the average price of 33.71. David M Tehle owns at least 9,140 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 12.93% since. 10% Owner Sachs Group Inc Goldman, Director Adrian M Jones, and Fund Holdings L.p. Kkr all sold shares of DG stock during the past week.


AstroMed Inc. (ALOT, Financial): CFO Joseph P Oconnell Sold 38,241 Shares

CFO of AstroMed Inc. (ALOT) Joseph P Oconnell sold 38,241 shares on 09/09/2011 at an average price of $7.3. Joseph P Oconnell owns at least 88,369 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 3.15% since.


ASTRO-MED, INC. develops, designs, manufactures and sells a comprehensive line of specialty data printers and related electronic systems, computersoftware, and printer consumables. Astromed Inc. has a market cap of $51.5 million; its shares were traded at around $7.07 with a P/E ratio of 21.4 and P/S ratio of 0.7. The dividend yield of Astromed Inc. stocks is 3.9%.


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