Executive Committee Chairman of Intuit Inc. (INTU) Scott D Cook sells 200,000 shares of INTU on 02/23/2012 at an average price of $59 a share.

Intuit Inc has a market cap of $17.06 billion; its shares were traded at around $58.48 with a P/E ratio of 26.1 and P/S ratio of 4.4. The dividend yield of Intuit Inc stocks is 1.1%. Intuit Inc had an annual average earning growth of 15.6% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Intuit Inc the business predictability rank of 4-star.

CFO Recent Trades:

• SVP and CFO R Neil Williams sold 122,142 shares of INTU stock on 09/13/2011 at the average price of 46.61. R Neil Williams owns at least 13,021 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 25.47% since.

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

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Director David H Batchelder sold 371,588 shares of INTU stock on 01/03/2012 at the average price of 52.97. David H Batchelder owns at least 1,880,044 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 10.4% since.
• Director David H Batchelder sold 575,086 shares of INTU stock on 12/29/2011 at the average price of 52.64. David H Batchelder owns at least 2,247,341 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 11.09% since.
• Director David H Batchelder sold 1,045,581 shares of INTU stock on 12/27/2011 at the average price of 53.1. David H Batchelder owns at least 2,822,427 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 10.13% since.
• Director David H Batchelder sold 1,703,236 shares of INTU stock on 12/21/2011 at the average price of 52.86. David H Batchelder owns at least 3,868,008 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 10.63% since.
• Director Michael R Hallman sold 50,000 shares of INTU stock on 12/20/2011 at the average price of 53.66. Michael R Hallman owns at least 191,256 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 8.98% since.

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

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