Sr VP & CFO of Capella Education Company (CPLA) Lois M Martin sells 48,727 shares of CPLA on 03/01/2010 at an average price of $83.43 a share.

Capella Education Company has a market cap of $1.4 billion; its shares were traded at around $83.75 with a P/E ratio of 33.4 and P/S ratio of 4.2.

CPLA is in the portfolios of Lee Ainslie of Maverick Capital, Ron Baron of Baron Funds, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, RS Investment Management.

CFO Recent Trades:

• Sell:: Sr VP & CFO Lois M Martin sold 25,316 shares of CPLA stock on 10/06/2009 at the average price of 69.5, the price of the stock has increased by 20.5% since.

This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of CPLA. For the complete insider trading history of CPLA, click here.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Sell:: Director Stephen G Shank sold 600,000 shares of CPLA stock on 02/24/2010 at the average price of 81.01, the price of the stock has increased by 3.38% since.


• Sell:: Vice President & Controller Amy L Ronneberg sold 1,000 shares of CPLA stock on 02/23/2010 at the average price of 82.5, the price of the stock has increased by 1.52% since.


• Sell:: SVP & CIO Scott M Henkel sold 1,400 shares of CPLA stock on 02/23/2010 at the average price of 82.74, the price of the stock has increased by 1.22% since.


• Sell:: Vice President & Controller Amy L Ronneberg sold 1,000 shares of CPLA stock on 12/04/2009 at the average price of 72.49, the price of the stock has increased by 15.53% since.


• Sell:: General Counsel Gregory W Thom sold 1,500 shares of CPLA stock on 11/16/2009 at the average price of 73, the price of the stock has increased by 14.73% since.

Why CEOs Are Buying Stocks Of Their Own Companies?

1. As legendary investor Peter Lynch said: "Insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise."
2. TOP EXECUTIVES like CEOs and CFOs are savvy buyers of their companies' shares. One long-term study showed that they beat the market on average by six percentage points a year.
3. Another study found that the aggregated activities of insiders can serve as a good indicator to locate market bottoms. Insiders as a whole are smart investors of their own companies.

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