According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest insider sells during the past week were: Blackstone Group LP (BX, Financial), Lincoln National Corp (LNC, Financial), Comcast Corp (CMCSA, Financial), and Kohl’s Corp (KSS, Financial).
The overall trend of insiders is illustrated in the chart below:
Blackstone Group LP (BX, Financial): President and COO Hamilton E James sold 2,000,000 Shares
President and COO Hamilton E James sold 2,000,000 shares of BX stock on 03/04/2015 at the average price of $38.12. Hamilton E James owns at least 20,176 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.65% since
Blackstone Group LP has a market cap of $44.9 billion; its shares were traded at around $38.75 with a P/E ratio of 14.90 and P/S ratio of 3.17. The dividend yield of Blackstone Group LP stocks is 5.47%.
For its fourth period of 2014, Blackstone reported distributable earnings of $1.13 billion, a 38% increase over the prior year quarter. Total revenues saw a decrease of 21% to $2.14 billion, affecting GAAP net income decrease of 11% to $551.4 million.
CFO Laurence A Tosi sold 300,000 shares of BX stock on 02/24/2015 at the average price of $37.82. Vice Chairman J Tomilson Hill sold 443,240 shares of BX stock on 02/19/2015 at the average price of $36.34.
Lincoln National Corp (LNC, Financial): President - Ins. Sol. and Ann. Mark E Konen sold 24,531 Shares
President - Ins. Sol. and Ann. of Lincoln National Corp Mark E Konen sold 24,531 shares on 03/03/2015 at an average price of $58.92.
Lincoln National Corp has a market cap of $15.11 billion; its shares were traded at around $58.92 with a P/E ratio of 10.50 and P/S ratio of 1.16. The dividend yield of Lincoln National Corp stocks is 1.15%.
Lincoln National reported fourth quarter 2014 operating earnings of $1.67 per share, an improvement from the $1.40 reported in the prior year period. Lincoln also reported operating net income up 14.9% to $439 million with operating revenue up 20.3% to $3.8 billion.
President & CEO Dennis R Glass sold 4,500 shares of LNC stock on 02/24/2015 at the average price of $58.23. EVP & CFO Randal J Freitag and multiple other insiders have all also recently sold shares of LNC stock over the past month.
Comcast Corp (CMCSA, Financial): Executive Vice President Stephen B Burke sold 350,000 Shares
Executive Vice President Stephen B Burke sold 350,000 shares of CMCSA stock on 02/26/2015 at the average price of $59.07. Stephen B Burke owns at least 250,951 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 2.2% since.
Comcast Corp was incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania in December 2001. The company has a market cap of $154.54 billion; its shares were traded at around $60.37 with a P/E ratio of 19.00 and P/S ratio of 2.31. The dividend yield of Comcast Corp stocks is 1.49%. Comcast Corp had an annual average earnings growth of 18.40% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated it the business predictability rank of 4-star.
Comcast recorded fourth quarter 2014 consolidated revenue increase of 4.8%, operating cash flow increase of 4.1%, and EPS increase of 2.8% to $0.74.
Executive Vice President Neil Smit sold 30,732 shares of CMCSA stock on 02/26/2015 at the average price of $59.04.
Kohl's Corp (KSS, Financial): Sr. EVP HR Gen. Couns. Sec. Richard D Schepp sold 204,498 Shares
Sr. EVP HR Gen. Couns. Sec. of Kohl's Corp Richard D Schepp sold 204,498 shares on 03/03/2015 at an average price of $73.36.
Kohl's Corp has a market cap of $14.82 billion; its shares were traded at around $73.36 with a P/E ratio of 18.50 and P/S ratio of 0.81. The dividend yield of Kohl's Corp stocks is 2.13%. Kohl's Corp had an annual average earnings growth of 12.50% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Kohl's Corp the business predictability rank of 5-star.
The company has released its fourth quarter 2014 results. For this quarter, EPS were $1.83, a 17% increase year-over-year. Total sales increased 3.9% to $6.33 billion.
Chairman, President, CEO Kevin Mansell sold 300,000 shares of KSS stock on 03/03/2015 at the average price of $74.16. Sr. Exec. Vice President, CFO Wesley S Mcdonald sold 11,860 shares of KSS stock on 03/03/2015 at the average price of $74.35. Director Peter M Sommerhauser and multiple other insiders all also sold shares of KSS stock.
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