Weekly CFO Sells Highlight: INFA, TER, ZNGA, GPK, LXP

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Mar 12, 2013
According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest CFO sells during the past week were: Informatica Corporation, Teradyne Inc., Zynga Inc., Graphic Packaging Holding Co. and Lexington Reality Trust.

Informatica Corporation (INFA, Financial): CFO, CAO, Executive Vice President GCS, Secretary Earl E. Fry Sold 140,000 Shares

CFO, CAO, Executive Vice President GCS, Secretary Earl E. Fry sold 140,000 shares of INFA stock on 03/01/2013 at the average price of $34.88. Earl E. Fry owns at least 261,767 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 5.56% since.

Informatica Corporation has a market cap of $3.97 billion; its shares were traded at around $36.82 with a P/E ratio of 44.44 and P/S ratio of 5.086. Informatica Corporation had an annual average earnings growth of 12.3% over the past five years.

Informatica Corporation has released its fourth quarter 2012 results. For this quarter, Informatica generated revenues of $234.7 million, compared to $227.1 million prior year quarter. GAAP net income was $31.1 million ($0.28 per diluted share), compared to income of $42.4 million ($0.38 per share) prior year quarter.

Teradyne Inc. (TER, Financial): Vice President and CFO Gregory R. Beecher Sold 125,424 Shares

Vice President and CFO Gregory R. Beecher sold 125,424 shares of TER stock on 03/05/2013 at the average price of $17.19. Gregory R. Beecher owns at least 79,005 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.69% since.

Teradyne Inc. is Massachusetts Corporation incorporated on Sept. 23, 1960. Teradyne Inc has a market cap of $3.22 billion; its shares were traded at around $16.9 with a P/E ratio of 17.9856 and P/S ratio of 2.3485.

Teradyne Inc. has released its fourth quarter 2012 results. Fourth quarter revenue was $248 million, down 46% from the same quarter in 2011. Non-GAAP income from continuing operations was $0.07 per diluted share in this quarter, down from the $0.17 per share reported in the fourth quarter of 2011. GAAP loss from operations was $16.5 million.

CEO Michael A. Bradley sold 136,657 shares of TER stock on 03/06/2013 at the average price of $17.28.

Zynga Inc (ZNGA, Financial): CFO Mark Vranesh Sold 125,000 Shares

CFO Mark Vranesh sold 125,000 shares of ZNGA stock on 03/01/2013 at the average price of $3.41. Mark Vranesh owns at least 926,892 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 15.25% since.

Zynga Inc. originally organized in April 2007 as a California limited liability company under the name Presidio Media LLC, and it converted to a Delaware corporation in October 2007. Zynga Inc. has a market cap of $3.09 billion; its shares were traded at around $3.93 with a P/E ratio of 197 and P/S ratio of 2.273.

Zynga Inc. reported fourth quarter 2012 revenues flat at $311 million, and net loss of $48.6 million ($0.06 per diluted share), down 89% year-over-year. Adjusted EBITDA decreased 34% from prior year quarter to $45 million.

Director Jeffrey Katzenberg sold 49,500 shares of ZNGA stock on 03/01/2013 at the average price of $3.41.

Graphic Packaging Holding Co (GPK, Financial): Senior Vice President and CFO Daniel J. Blount Sold 120,509 Shares

Senior Vice President and CFO Daniel J. Blount sold 120,509 shares of GPK stock on 03/05/2013 at the average price of $7.45. Daniel J. Blount owns at least 565,713 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.21% since.

Graphic Packaging Holding Corporation or GPHC was incorporated on June 21, 2007 under the laws of the State of Delaware, under the name New Giant Corporation. Graphic Packaging Holding Co has a market cap of $2.6 billion; its shares were traded at around $7.54 with a P/E ratio of 24.330 and P/S ratio of 0.688.

Graphic Packaging Holding Co. reported fourth quarter 2012 net income of $22.9 million ($0.06 per share), compared to income of $265.6 million ($0.67 per share) prior year quarter. Fourth quarter 2011 included $265.2 million tax valuation allowance. Adjusted EPS were $0.08, compared to $0.02 prior year quarter. Also during this quarter, the company repurchased 12 % of stock and completed its secondary offering of 21.3 million shares.

Senior Vice President, Beverage Packaging Michael R. Schmal, and multiple other insiders all also sold shares of GPK stock over the past week.

Lexington Realty Trust (LXP, Financial): Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer Patrick Carroll Sold 117,500 Shares

Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer Patrick Carroll sold 117,500 shares of LXP stock on 03/05/2013 at the average price of $11.51. Patrick Carroll owns at least 568,211 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.69% since.

Lexington Realty Trust or Lexington formerly Lexington Corporate Properties Trust, is a self-managed and self-administered Maryland statutory real estate investment trust that acquires, owns, and manages a geographically diversified portfolio of net leased office, industrial and retail properties and provides investment advisory and asset management services to investors in the net lease area. Lexington Realty Trust has a market cap of $2.28 billion; its shares were traded at around $12.05 with a P/E ratio of 13.24 and P/S ratio of 6.277. The dividend yield of Lexington Realty Trust stocks is 4.56%.

Lexington Realty Trust has released its fourth quarter 2012 results. Fourth quarter revenues were $95.5 million, compared to $79.6 million in the same quarter of 2011. Net loss was $7 million ($0.04 per share), compared to net income of $7.5 million ($0.05 per share) prior year quarter. Lexington Realty generated Company FFO of $48.2 million ($0.25 per share) this quarter.

CEO and President T. Wilson Eglin, and Vice Chairman and CIO Richard J. Rouse both recently sold shares of LXP stock.

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