Chairman, President and CEO of Rockwell Collins Inc. (COL) Clayton M Jones sells 31,000 shares of COL on 02/02/2012 at an average price of $58.63 a share.

Rockwell Collins Inc. has a market cap of $8.73 billion; its shares were traded at around $58.77 with a P/E ratio of 15.2 and P/S ratio of 1.8. The dividend yield of Rockwell Collins Inc. stocks is 1.7%. Rockwell Collins Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 15.4% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Rockwell Collins Inc. the business predictability rank of 3-star.


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

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Sr. VP, Corporate Development Barry M Abzug sold 2 shares of COL stock on 01/25/2012 at the average price of 60. Barry M Abzug owns at least 10,590 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.05% since.
• ExecVP & COO, Commercial Sys Kent L Statler sold 23,352 shares of COL stock on 01/23/2012 at the average price of 59.38. Kent L Statler owns at least 50,096 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.03% since.
• ExecVP & COO, Commercial Sys Kent L Statler sold 22,958 shares of COL stock on 01/23/2012 at the average price of 59.6. Kent L Statler owns at least 27,138 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.39% since.
• ExecVP International & Service Gregory S Churchill sold 15,475 shares of COL stock on 01/19/2012 at the average price of 60.55. Gregory S Churchill owns at least 45,601 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.94% since.
• Director Chris A Davis sold 6,300 shares of COL stock on 12/12/2011 at the average price of 53.2. Chris A Davis owns at least 22,521 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 10.47% since.

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

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1. As legendary investor Peter Lynch said: "Insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise."
2. TOP EXECUTIVES like CEOs and CFOs are savvy buyers of their companies' shares. One long-term study showed that they beat the market on average by six percentage points a year.
3. Another study found that the aggregated activities of insiders can serve as a good indicator to locate market bottoms. Insiders as a whole are smart investors of their own companies.

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