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Aaron'S Inc. (AAN) COO William K Jr Butler sells 40,000 Shares

Oct 28, 2011 | About:
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COO of Aaron'S Inc. (AAN) William K Jr Butler sells 40,000 shares of AAN on 10/26/2011 at an average price of $26.19 a share.

Aarons Inc. has a market cap of $2.17 billion; its shares were traded at around $27.58 with a P/E ratio of 16.6 and P/S ratio of 1.1. The dividend yield of Aarons Inc. stocks is 0.2%. Aarons Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 14.1% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Aarons Inc. the business predictability rank of 3-star.


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




Directors and Officers Recent Trades:


  • Chairman, 10% Owner R Charles Sr Loudermilk sold 85,146 shares of AAN stock on 06/23/2011 at the average price of 27.27. R Charles Sr Loudermilk owns at least 4,968,261 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.14% since.
  • Chairman, 10% Owner R Charles Sr Loudermilk sold 332,509 shares of AAN stock on 06/20/2011 at the average price of 26. R Charles Sr Loudermilk owns at least 5,053,407 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 6.08% since.
  • Senior Group VP and Secretary James L Cates sold 21,875 shares of AAN stock on 06/06/2011 at the average price of 27.5. James L Cates owns at least 42,923 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.29% since.
  • Chairman, 10% Owner R Charles Sr Loudermilk sold 15,826 shares of AAN stock on 05/31/2011 at the average price of 28. R Charles Sr Loudermilk owns at least 5,385,916 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.5% since.
  • Chairman, 10% Owner R Charles Sr Loudermilk sold 61,839 shares of AAN stock on 05/12/2011 at the average price of 28.01. R Charles Sr Loudermilk owns at least 5,401,742 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.54% since.


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

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