Senior Chairman-Bank of Texas of BOK Financial Corp. (BOKF) C Fred Jr Ball sells 2,853 shares of BOKF on 12/20/2011 at an average price of $54.88 a share.

Bok Financial Corp. has a market cap of $3.74 billion; its shares were traded at around $55.01 with a P/E ratio of 13.7 and P/S ratio of 2.8. The dividend yield of Bok Financial Corp. stocks is 2.4%. Bok Financial Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 0.2% over the past 10 years.


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

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Senior Chairman-Bank of Texas C Fred Jr Ball sold 3,452 shares of BOKF stock on 11/30/2011 at the average price of 54.06. C Fred Jr Ball owns at least 8,642 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.76% since.
• Senior Chairman-Bank of Texas C Fred Jr Ball sold 937 shares of BOKF stock on 11/29/2011 at the average price of 52.48. C Fred Jr Ball owns at least 8,642 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.82% since.
• Ex. VP-Operations & Technology Donald T Parker sold 5,573 shares of BOKF stock on 11/16/2011 at the average price of 53.9. Donald T Parker owns at least 11,604 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 2.06% since.
• Sr. Exec. Vice President Dan H Ellinor sold 11,631 shares of BOKF stock on 11/11/2011 at the average price of 52.99. Dan H Ellinor owns at least 12,784 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3.81% since.
• Senior Chairman-Bank of Texas C Fred Jr Ball sold 3,276 shares of BOKF stock on 11/07/2011 at the average price of 54.51. C Fred Jr Ball owns at least 9,238 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.92% since.

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

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