Chairman/Chief Exec Officer of Worthington Industries Inc. (WOR) John P/oh Mcconnell sells 189,672 shares of WOR on 02/03/2012 at an average price of $19.18 a share.
Worthington Industries Inc. has a market cap of $1.33 billion; its shares were traded at around $19.24 with a P/E ratio of 11.59 and P/S ratio of 0.54. The dividend yield of Worthington Industries Inc. stocks is 2.49%.
Chairman/Chief Exec Officer John P/oh Mcconnell sold 114,214 shares of WOR stock on 02/02/2012 at the average price of 18.65. John P/oh Mcconnell owns at least 16,748,772 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3.16% since.
Chairman/Chief Exec Officer John P/oh Mcconnell sold 138,714 shares of WOR stock on 01/27/2012 at the average price of 19.09. John P/oh Mcconnell owns at least 16,862,871 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.79% since.
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