Weekly Insider Sells Highlight: DHI, SHW, JAH, ES

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Aug 24, 2015

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest insider sells during the past week were: D.R. Horton Inc, Sherwin-Williams Co, Jarden Corp, and Eversource Energy.

The overall trend of insiders is illustrated in the chart below:

D.R. Horton Inc (DHI, Financial): Chairman Donald R. Horton sold 2,860,000 Shares

Chairman Donald R. Horton sold 2,860,000 shares of DHI stock on Aug. 19 at the average price of $31.85. Horton owns at least 24,642,449 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.64% since.

D.R. Horton Inc has a market cap of $11.37 billion; its shares were traded at around $31.01 with a P/E ratio of 16.80 and P/S ratio of 1.13. The dividend yield of D.R. Horton Inc stocks is 0.81%.

D.R. Horton Inc. has reported its third quarter 2015 results ended June 30. For this period, the company saw net income growth of 96% to $221.4 million, or $0.60 per diluted share, from net income of $113.1 million, or $0.32 per diluted share for the same quarter in 2014. Net sales for the third quarter increased 25% to $3.0 billion, and pre-tax profit margin improved 330 basis points to 11.3%.

Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW, Financial): SVP-Corp. Plan. & Develop. Steven J Oberfeld sold 39,323 Shares

SVP-Corp. Plan. & Develop. Steven J Oberfeld sold 39,323 shares of SHW stock on Aug. 18 at the average price of $284.78. Steven J Oberfeld owns at least 95,213 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 8.23% since.

Sherwin-Williams Co has a market cap of $24.36 billion; its shares were traded at around $261.35 with a P/E ratio of 26.60 and P/S ratio of 2.21. The dividend yield of Sherwin-williams Co stocks is 0.98%, and the company had an annual average earnings growth of 9.20% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated it the business predictability rank of 4-star.

For its second quarter of 2015, Sherwin-Williams Co reported consolidated net sales increase of 2.9% to $3.13 billion and diluted EPS increase of 25.9% to $3.70.

President, The Americas Group Robert J Davisson sold 10,000 shares of SHW stock on Aug. 13 at the average price of $277.

Jarden Corp (JAH, Financial): Executive Chairman Martin E. Franklin sold 200,000 Shares

Executive Chairman Martin E. Franklin sold 200,000 shares of JAH stock on Aug. 18 at the average price of $54.80. Franklin owns at least 6,739,668 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 6.41% since.

Jarden Corp has a market cap of $10.83 billion; its shares were traded at around $51.29 with a P/E ratio of 45.40 and P/S ratio of 1.17. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 12.40% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Jarden Corp the business predictability rank of 4-star.

The company reported second quarter 2015 organic net sales growth of 7%, with reported net sales at $2.01 billion compared to $1.98 billion for the prior year quarter. Second quarter net income was $85.9 million, which compares to $52.1 million a year ago. On an adjusted basis, net income was flat at $116 million, with adjusted EPS decreasing to $0.59 versus $0.62 a year ago.

CEO James E Lillie, and Vice Chairman and President Ian G H Ashken both also sold shares of JAH stock over the past week.

Eversource Energy (ES, Financial): Trustee Thomas J. May sold 191,906 Shares

Trustee Thomas J. May sold 191,906 shares of ES stock on Aug. 20 at the average price of $51.41. May owns at least 391,226 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.72% since.

Eversource Energy is the parent company of the Northeast Utilities system. It has a market cap of $16.19 billion; its shares were traded at around $51.04 with a P/E ratio of 17.70 and P/S ratio of 2.00. The dividend yield of Eversource Energy stocks is 3.18%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 2.30% over the past 10 years.

Eversource Energy has released its second quarter 2015 results. For this period, the company recorded earnings of $207.5 million, or $0.65 per diluted share. This compares to earnings of $127.4 million, or $0.40 per share in the second quarter of 2014.

SVP-Corporate Relations Joseph R Nolan Jr. sold 23,175 shares of ES stock on Aug. 7 at the average price of $49.5.

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