Weekly Top Insider Sells: Exxon Mobil Corp., Microsoft Corp., HewlettPackard Company, Oracle Corp.

Weekly Top Insider Sells: XOM, HPQ, MSFT, ORCL

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Dec 29, 2009
According to GuruFocus Insider Data, these are the largest insider sells during the past week.


Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM, Financial): Vice President and Secretary David S Rosenthal sold 3,000 Shares


Vice President and Secretary of Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) David S Rosenthal sold 3,000 shares on 12/18/2009 at an average price of $68.66. Exxon Mobil Corporation's principal business is energy, involving exploration for, and production of, crude oil and natural gas, manufacturing of petroleum products and transportation and sale of crudeoil, natural gas and petroleum products. Exxon Mobil Corp. has a market cap of $324.89 billion; its shares were traded at around $68.66 with a P/E ratio of 16 and P/S ratio of 0.68. The dividend yield of Exxon Mobil Corp. stocks is 2.45%. Exxon Mobil Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 16.8% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Exxon Mobil Corp


Exxon Mobil Corp. is owned by many Gurus. Mark Hillman, Tom Gayner, Bill Gates, and Brian Rogers all hold a position in this stock.


Sell:: Vice President and Secretary David S Rosenthal sold 3,000 shares of XOM stock on 12/17/2009 at the average price of 68.6, and 3,000 shares of XOM stock on 12/18/2009 at the average price of 68.56, the price of the stock has increased by 0.15% since.


Sell:: Vice President Richard Michael Kruger sold 16,353 shares of XOM stock on 12/07/2009 at the average price of 74.14, the price of the stock has decreased by 7.39% since.


Sell:: Vice President Harold R Cramer sold 22,253 shares of XOM stock on 12/01/2009 at the average price of 76.04, the price of the stock has decreased by 9.71% since.


Sell:: Vice President Stephen D Pryor sold 14,000 shares of XOM stock on 11/24/2009 at the average price of 75.75, the price of the stock has decreased by 9.36% since.


Microsoft Corp. (MSFT, Financial): President, Entertainment Div. Robert J Bach sold 50,000 Shares


President, Entertainment Div. of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Robert J Bach sold 50,000 shares on 12/21/2009 at an average price of $31. Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for a multitude of computing devices. Microsoft Corp. has a market cap of $275.25 billion; its shares were traded at around $31 with a P/E ratio of 19.14 and P/S ratio of 4.71. The dividend yield of Microsoft Corp. stocks is 1.68%. Microsoft Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 10% over the past 10 years.


Microsoft Corp. recently announced third-quarter revenue of $10.90 billion for the period ended March 31, 2006, a 13% increase over the same quarter of the prior year. Operating income for the quarter was $3.89 billion, or a 17% increase compared with $3.33 billion in the prior-year period. Operating income for the third quarter included $397 million, compared with $768 million in the prior-year period, for certain legal charges. Net income and diluted earnings per share for the third quarter were $2.98 billion and $0.29 per share, which included $0.03 of legal charges. For the same quarter of the previous year, net income and diluted earnings per share were $2.56 billion and $0.23, which included $0.05 per share of legal charges.


Microsoft Corp. is owned by many Gurus. David Tepper, David Einhorn, Donald Yacktman, Jean-Marie Eveillard, and Chris Davis all hold positions in this stock.


Sell:: CFO Christopher P Liddell sold 20,000 shares of MSFT stock on 08/04/2009 at the average price of 23.62, the price of the stock has increased by 31.24% since.


Sell:: President, Entertainment Div. Robert J Bach sold 50,000 shares of MSFT stock on 12/21/2009 at the average price of 30.5, the price of the stock has increased by 1.64% since.


Sell:: Director David F Marquardt sold 100,000 shares of MSFT stock on 12/10/2009 at the average price of 29.89, the price of the stock has increased by 3.71% since.


Sell:: Chief Software Architect Raymond E Ozzie sold 40,000 shares of MSFT stock on 11/18/2009 at the average price of 30, the price of the stock has increased by 3.33% since.


Sell:: Senior Vice President Robert L Muglia sold 922,422 shares of MSFT stock on 11/18/2009 at the average price of 30, the price of the stock has increased by 3.33% since.


HewlettPackard Company (HPQ, Financial): EVP & Chief Strategy & Tech Shane V Robison sold 75,000 Shares


EVP & Chief Strategy & Tech of HewlettPackard Company (HPQ) Shane V Robison sold 75,000 shares on 12/22/2009 at an average price of $52.87. Hewlett Packard is one of the leading global providers of computing and imaging solutions and services for business and home. Hewlettpackard Company has a market cap of $125.36 billion; its shares were traded at around $52.87 with a P/E ratio of 13.77 and P/S ratio of 1.09. The dividend yield of Hewlettpackard Company stocks is 0.61%. Hewlettpackard Company had an annual average earning growth of 25.8% over the past 5 years.


HewlettPackard Company is owned by many Gurus. Steve Mandel, Lee Ainslie, Chris Davis, Daniel Loeb, and Mark Hillman all have a position in this stock.


Insiders Chm, CEO & President Mark V Hurd, EVP & CFO Catherine A Lesjak, Shane V Robison, Controller & PAO James T Murrin, and Richard Todd Bradley all sold shares of this stock recently.


Oracle Corp. (ORCL, Financial): Executive Vice President Juergen Rottler sold 500,000 Shares


Executive Vice President of Oracle Corp. (ORCL) Juergen Rottler sold 500,000 shares on 12/22/2009 at an average price of $24.95. Oracle Corporation is one of the world's leading suppliers of software for information management. The company develops, manufactures, markets and distributes computer software that helps corporations manage and grow their businesses. The company's software products can be categorized intotwo broad areas: Systems software and Internet business applications software. Oracle Corp. has a market cap of $125.08 billion; its shares were traded at around $24.95 with a P/E ratio of 17.33 and P/S ratio of 5.38. The dividend yield of Oracle Corp. stocks is 0.8%. Oracle Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 18.2% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Oracle Corp. the business predictability rank of 3-star.


Oracle Corporation recently announced fiscal 2010 Q2 GAAP earnings per share of $0.29, up 15% compared to last year. Second quarter GAAP total revenues were up 4% to $5.9 billion, while quarterly GAAP net income was up 12% to $1.5 billion. GAAP new software license revenues were up 2% to $1.7 billion. GAAP software license updates and product support revenues were up 14% to $3.2 billion. GAAP operating income was up 10% to $2.2 billion and GAAP operating margin was up 200 basis points to 37%. GAAP operating cash flow on a trailing twelve-month basis was $8.7 billion, up 7%. Second quarter non-GAAP earnings per share were up 15% to $0.39. Non-GAAP total revenues were up 3% to $5.9 billion, while non-GAAP net income was up 12% to $2.0 billion, compared to the same quarter last year. Non-GAAP operating income was up 9% to $2.9 billion and non-GAAP operating margin was up 280 basis points to 49%.


Oracle Corp. is owned by many Gurus. John Hussman, Kenneth Fisher, and Ronald Muhlenkamp all own position in this stock.


Buy:: CFO and Executive VP-Ops Jeffrey E Epstein bought 1,000 shares of ORCL stock on 07/31/2009 at the average price of 22.24, the price of the stock has increased by 12.19% since.


Buy:: Director Bruce R Chizen bought 4,200 shares of ORCL stock on 07/24/2009 at the average price of 22.22, the price of the stock has increased by 12.29% since.Sell::


Executive Vice President-Ops Charles Rozwat sold 19,941 shares of ORCL stock on 12/22/2009 at the average price of 24.55, the price of the stock has increased by 1.63% since.


Sell:: EVP-Product Development Thomas Kurian sold 200,000 shares of ORCL stock on 12/22/2009 at the average price of 24.45, the price of the stock has increased by 2.04% since.


Sell:: Executive Vice President Juergen Rottler sold 500,000 shares of ORCL stock on 12/22/2009 at the average price of 24.45, the price of the stock has increased by 2.04% since.


Sell:: Director H Raymond Bingham sold 15,000 shares of ORCL stock on 12/22/2009 at the average price of 24.35, the price of the stock has increased by 2.46% since.