Weekly Top Insider Sells

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Feb 26, 2013
According to GuruFocus Insider Data, these are the largest insider sells during the past week. The overall trend of insiders is illustrated in the chart below:



TRW Automotive Holdings Corp (TRW, Financial): Director Neil P. Simpkins sold 9,215,354 Shares

Director of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp (TRW) Neil P. Simpkins sold 9,215,354 shares on 02/20/2013 at an average price of $58.15.

TRW Automotive Holdings Corporation is a Delaware corporation formed in 2002. TRW Automotive Holdings Corp has a market cap of $6.94 billion; its shares were traded at around $58.15 with a P/E ratio of 7.4349 and P/S ratio of 0.4591. TRW Automotive Holdings Corp had an annual average earnings growth of 0.6% over the past 10 years.

On Feb. 15, 2013, TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. reported fourth quarter 2012 financial results with sales of $4.0 billion, an increase of 1% compared to the prior year period (up 4% excluding the impact of currency movements and divestitures). The company reported GAAP fourth quarter net earnings of $419 million or $3.26 per diluted share. Fourth quarter sales of $4.0 billion, an increase of 4% excluding the impact of currency movements and divestitures; record full year sales of $16.4 billion, an increase of 7% on the same basis. Fourth quarter GAAP net earnings of $3.26 per diluted share; full year GAAP net earnings of $7.83 per diluted share.

Controller Tammy S. Mitchell sold 8,614 shares of TRW stock on 11/29/2012 at the average price of $50. Tammy S. Mitchell owns at least 25,756 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 16.3% since.

Google Inc. (GOOG, Financial): Executive Chairman of Board Eric E. Schmidt sold 89,519 Shares

Executive Chairman of Board of Google Inc. (GOOG) Eric E. Schmidt sold 89,519 shares during the past week at an average price of $799.85.

Google Inc. was incorporated in California in September 1998 and reincorporated in Delaware in August 2003. Google Inc. has a market cap of $263.64 billion; its shares were traded at around $799.85 with a P/E ratio of 24.7525 and P/S ratio of 5.144. Google Inc. had an annual average earnings growth of 37% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Google Inc. the business predictability rank of 3-star.

On Jan. 22, 2013, Google Inc. announced financial results for the quarter and the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2012. Google Inc. reported consolidated revenues of $14.42 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2012, an increase of 36% compared to the fourth quarter of 2011. Google Inc. reports advertising revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting traffic acquisition costs (TAC). In the fourth quarter of 2012, TAC totaled $3.08 billion, or 25% of advertising revenues.

Director Shirley M. Tilghman sold 2,500 shares of GOOG stock on 02/08/2013 at the average price of $782.84. Shirley M. Tilghman owns at least 96 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 2.17% since.

Masco Corporation (MAS, Financial): Director Richard A. Manoogian sold 500,000 Shares

Director of Masco Corporation (MAS) Richard A. Manoogian sold 500,000 shares on 02/15/2013 at an average price of $16.06.

Masco Corporation was incorporated under the laws of Michigan in 1929 and in 1968 was reincorporated under the laws of Delaware. Masco Corporation has a market cap of $6.75 billion; its shares were traded at around $18.94 with a P/E ratio of 92.1 and P/S ratio of 0.8526. The dividend yield of Masco Corporation stocks is 1.59%.

On Feb. 6, 2013, Melco Crown Entertainment Limited released its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter of 2012. Net revenue for the fourth quarter of 2012 was US$1.102 billion, representing an increase of approximately 9% from US$1.008 billion for the comparable period in 2011. The increase in net revenue was primarily attributable to substantially improved group-wide mass table games and gaming machines revenue and higher group-wide rolling chip volumes, partially offset by a lower group-wide rolling chip win rate.

Director Richard A. Manoogian sold 200,000 shares of MAS stock on 11/21/2012 at the average price of $16.5. Richard A. Manoogian owns at least 5,398,282 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 14.79% since.

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