President & CEO of BALCHEM CORPORATION (BCPC) Dino A Rossi sells 36,000 shares of BCPC on 01/11/2012 at an average price of $41.53 a share.

Balchem Corp. has a market cap of $1.21 billion; its shares were traded at around $41.81 with a P/E ratio of 32.4 and P/S ratio of 4.7. The dividend yield of Balchem Corp. stocks is 0.4%. Balchem Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 19.6% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Balchem Corp. the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

CFO Recent Trades:

• CFO Frank Fitzpatrick sold 30,000 shares of BCPC stock on 12/20/2011 at the average price of 40.36. Frank Fitzpatrick owns at least 50,718 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3.59% since.

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

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• CAO and Assistant Treasurer William A. Backus sold 8,500 shares of BCPC stock on 12/09/2011 at the average price of 41.74. William A. Backus owns at least 7,706 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.17% since.
• Director Edward Mcmillan sold 23,529 shares of BCPC stock on 12/07/2011 at the average price of 41.91. Edward Mcmillan owns at least 45,906 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.24% since.
• Assistant Treasurer William A. Backus sold 8,000 shares of BCPC stock on 12/01/2011 at the average price of 41.43. William A. Backus owns at least 7,706 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.92% since.
• Director Elaine R Wedral sold 15,000 shares of BCPC stock on 11/30/2011 at the average price of 40.5. Elaine R Wedral owns at least 45,958 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3.23% since.
• Director Elaine R Wedral sold 10,000 shares of BCPC stock on 11/29/2011 at the average price of 39.42. Elaine R Wedral owns at least 45,040 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 6.06% since.

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

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