EVP, COO of Arbitron Inc. (ARB) Sean R Creamer sells 8,502 shares of ARB on 05/22/2012 at an average price of $35.47 a share.

Arbitron Inc has a market cap of $942.8 million; its shares were traded at around $35.86 with a P/E ratio of 16.9 and P/S ratio of 2.2. The dividend yield of Arbitron Inc stocks is 1.2%. Arbitron Inc had an annual average earning growth of 2.5% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Arbitron Inc the business predictability rank of 2-star.


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

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Director Luis G Nogales sold 10,844 shares of ARB stock on 05/14/2012 at the average price of 35.37. The price of the stock has increased by 1.39% since.
• EVP, Bus. Dev. & Strat. & GC Timothy T Smith sold 2,800 shares of ARB stock on 05/07/2012 at the average price of 36.02. Timothy T Smith owns at least 52,806 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.44% since.
• 10% Owner Capital Management, L.p Abrams sold 227,615 shares of ARB stock on 05/02/2012 at the average price of 37.63. Capital Management, L.p Abrams owns at least 2,715,943 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 4.7% since.
• EVP, COO Sean R Creamer sold 1,000 shares of ARB stock on 05/01/2012 at the average price of 37.96. Sean R Creamer owns at least 98,682 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 5.53% since.
• EVP, Technology Solutions Vaughan Scott Henry sold 3,000 shares of ARB stock on 05/01/2012 at the average price of 34.45. Vaughan Scott Henry owns at least 19,883 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.09% since.

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

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