Chairman and CEO of C.R. Bard Inc. (BCR) Timothy M Ring sells 21,923 shares of BCR on 08/16/2012 at an average price of $98.57 a share.

C.r. Bard, Inc. has a market cap of $8.33 billion; its shares were traded at around $98.01 with a P/E ratio of 15 and P/S ratio of 2.9. The dividend yield of C.r. Bard, Inc. stocks is 0.8%. C.r. Bard, Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 13.2% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated C.r. Bard, Inc. the business predictability rank of 5-star.

CFO Recent Trades:

• Senior Vice President and CFO Todd C Schermerhorn sold 73,744 shares of BCR stock on 05/04/2012 at the average price of 99.41. Todd C Schermerhorn owns at least 86,618 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.41% since.

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

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• President and COO John H Weiland sold 15,554 shares of BCR stock on 08/15/2012 at the average price of 98.42. John H Weiland owns at least 166,467 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.42% since.
• G Mason Morfit sold 750,605 shares of BCR stock on 08/01/2012 at the average price of 95.5. G Mason Morfit owns at least 4,780,594 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 2.63% since.
• Group Vice President Timothy P Collins sold 10,080 shares of BCR stock on 07/30/2012 at the average price of 98.01. Timothy P Collins owns at least 55,590 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0% since.
• Group Vice President Jim C Beasley sold 40,802 shares of BCR stock on 07/30/2012 at the average price of 98.12. Jim C Beasley owns at least 56,385 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.11% since.
• Group Vice President Sharon M Alterio sold 13,977 shares of BCR stock on 05/11/2012 at the average price of 101.21. Sharon M Alterio owns at least 51,397 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 3.16% since.

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

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