EVP, Finance, Admin & CFO of Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. (DKS) Timothy E Kullman sells 27,509 shares of DKS on 06/21/2012 at an average price of $49.19 a share.

Dicks Sporting Goods Inc has a market cap of $5.61 billion; its shares were traded at around $46.5 with a P/E ratio of 21.9 and P/S ratio of 1.1. The dividend yield of Dicks Sporting Goods Inc stocks is 1.1%. Dicks Sporting Goods Inc had an annual average earning growth of 11.4% over the past 10 years.


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

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Director Larry D Stone bought 2,000 shares of DKS stock on 06/01/2012 at the average price of 45.5. Larry D Stone owns at least 24,098 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 2.2% since.
• President and COO Joseph H Schmidt sold 70,000 shares of DKS stock on 06/20/2012 at the average price of 47.52. Joseph H Schmidt owns at least 76,830 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.15% since.
• Chairman and Chief Exec. Off., 10% Owner Edward W Stack sold 380,000 shares of DKS stock on 05/29/2012 at the average price of 47.33. Edward W Stack owns at least 12,730,359 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.75% since.
• Chairman and Chief Exec. Off., 10% Owner Edward W Stack sold 327,448 shares of DKS stock on 05/25/2012 at the average price of 47.17. Edward W Stack owns at least 10,986,888 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.42% since.
• Chairman and Chief Exec. Off., 10% Owner Edward W Stack sold 642,700 shares of DKS stock on 05/22/2012 at the average price of 46.55. Edward W Stack owns at least 10,986,888 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.11% since.

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

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