President and CEO of Entertainment Properties Trust (EPR) David M. Brain sells 6,000 shares of EPR on 12/23/2011 at an average price of $44.47 a share.
Entertainment Properties Trust has a market cap of $2.1 billion; its shares were traded at around $44.93 with a P/E ratio of 13.49 and P/S ratio of 6.71. The dividend yield of Entertainment Properties Trust stocks is 6.23%. Entertainment Properties Trust had an annual average earning growth of 2.5% over the past 10 years.
CFO Recent Trades:
Vice President and CFO Mark Alan Peterson sold 10,000 shares of EPR stock on 12/06/2011 at the average price of 44. Mark Alan Peterson owns at least 74,513 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 2.11% since.
Director Jim Olson sold 4,302 shares of EPR stock on 08/29/2011 at the average price of 41.92. Jim Olson owns at least 6,931 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 7.18% since.
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