Weekly CEO Sells Highlight: Hansen Natural Corp, AVI BioPharma Inc, Sensient Technologies Corp, SuccessFactors Inc and SanDisk Corp.

Weekly CEO Sells Highlight: HANS, AVII, SXT, SFSF, SNDK

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Jul 11, 2010
According to GuruFocus Insider Data, these are the largest CEO sales during the past week: Hansen Natural Corp, AVI BioPharma Inc, Sensient Technologies Corp, SuccessFactors Inc, and SanDisk Corp.

Hansen Natural Corp. (HANS, Financial): Chairman and CEO Rodney C Sacks sold 300,000 Shares

Chairman and CEO of Hansen Natural Corp. (HANS) Rodney C Sacks sold 300,000 shares on 07/09/2010 at an average price of $42.09. Hansen Natural Corporation is a holding company and carries on no operating business except through its direct wholly-owned subsidiaries, Hansen Beverage Company and Hard e Beverage Company. Hansen Natural Corp. has a market cap of $3.79 billion; its shares were traded at around $42.73 with a P/E ratio of 20.1 and P/S ratio of 3.4. Hansen Natural Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 64.7% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Hansen Natural Corp. the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.

On May 6, Hansen Natural Corporation reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. The Company announced a gross sale of $270.6 million, net sale of $238.1 million, and gross profit of 52.3 percent.

Chairman and CEO Rodney C Sacks sold 300,000 shares of HANS stock on 07/09/2010 at the average price of 42.09. Rodney C Sacks owns at least 15,597,325 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.52% since. Vice Chairman and President Hilton H Schlosberg and President-DSD Hansen Beverage Mark J Hall together sold 703,752 shares of HANS stock in March and July.

AVI BioPharma Inc. (AVII, Financial): Former CEO Leslie Hudson sold 422,765 Shares

Former CEO of AVI BioPharma Inc. (AVII) Leslie Hudson sold 422,765 shares during the past week at an average price of $1.47. AVI BioPharma develops therapeutic products for the treatment of life-threatening diseases using third-generation NEUGENE anti sense drugs and ESPRIT exon skipping technology. Avi Biopharma Inc. has a market cap of $181 million; its shares were traded at around $1.64 with and P/S ratio of 10.2.

On May 10, AVI BioPharma, Inc. reported financial results for the three months ending March 31, 2010. The Company announced a revenue of $1.2 million, net loss of $0.6 million, or $0.01 per share, and operating loss of $7.7 million.

Former CEO Leslie Hudson sold 422,765 shares of AVII stock in July. Director Ben Gil Price bought 47,000 shares of AVII stock in May and June. Director Anthony R Chase bought 471,074 shares of AVII stock in May and June.

Sensient Technologies Corp. (SXT, Financial): Chairman and CEO Kenneth P Manning sold 115,000 Shares

Chairman and CEO of Sensient Technologies Corp. (SXT) Kenneth P Manning sold 115,000 shares on 07/01/2010 at an average price of $25.91. Sensient Technologies Corporation is a supplier of colors, flavors and fragrances. Sensient Technologies Corp. has a market cap of $1.34 billion; its shares were traded at around $27.05 with a P/E ratio of 13.8 and P/S ratio of 1.1. The dividend yield of Sensient Technologies Corp. stocks is 3%. Sensient Technologies Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 1.4% over the past 10 years.

On Apr 19, Sensient Technologies Corporation reported the results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. The Company announced diluted earnings per share were 45 cents. Consolidated revenue for the first quarter of 2010 rose 11.0% to $314.1 million, and favorable foreign currency translation increased consolidated revenue by approximately 5%.

Chairman and CEO Kenneth P Manning sold 245,188 shares of SXT stock in February, April, and July. Senior VP & CFO Richard F Hobbs sold 51,500 shares of SXT stock in February and April. VP, Controller and CAO Stephen J Rolfs, Assistant Controller Richard Malin, and Director James Ad Croft together sold 37,000 shares of SXT stock in February and March. Senior VP, Gen Counsel & Secy John L Hammond sold 24,635 shares of SXT stock in February and April.

SuccessFactors Inc. (SFSF, Financial): CEO & PRESIDENT Lars Dalgaard sold 101,250 Shares

CEO & PRESIDENT of SuccessFactors Inc. (SFSF) Lars Dalgaard sold 101,250 shares on 07/02/2010 at an average price of $20.23. SuccessFactors is the provider of on-demand employee performance and talent management solutions that enable organizations to realize their employees' potential and thus drive business results. Successfactors Inc. has a market cap of $1.51 billion; its shares were traded at around $20.91 with and P/S ratio of 9.8.

On May 3, SuccessFactors, Inc. announced results for its first quarter fiscal 2010 which ended March 31, 2010. The Company reported a revenue of $43.8 million, and non-GAAP operating margin of 2%, ash flow generated from operating activities of $13.1 million.

CEO & PRESIDENT Lars Dalgaard sold 155,250 shares of SFSF stock in May, June, and July. CIO & VP, OPERATIONS Randall J. Womack sold 24,000 shares of SFSF stock in June and July. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Bruce C. Jr. Felt sold 10,000 shares of SFSF stock on 07/01/2010 at the average price of 20.32. Bruce C. Jr. Felt owns at least 25,824 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 2.9% since. VP, GLOBAL ENTERPRISE SALES James Larson sold 412,547 shares of SFSF stock in June.

SanDisk Corp. (SNDK, Financial): Chairman & CEO Eliyahou Et Al Harari sold 100,000 Shares

Chairman & CEO of SanDisk Corp. (SNDK) Eliyahou Et Al Harari sold 100,000 shares on 07/02/2010 at an average price of $41.43. Sandisk Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets flash memory storage products that are used in a wide variety of electronic systems. Sandisk Corp. has a market cap of $9.87 billion; its shares were traded at around $42.9 with a P/E ratio of 14.3 and P/S ratio of 2.8.

On April 21, SanDisk Corporation announced results for the first quarter ended April 4, 2010. The Company reported a total first quarter revenue of $1.1 billion, a net income of $235 million, or $0.99 per diluted share, and GAAP net loss of ($208) million, or ($0.92) per share.

Chairman & CEO Eliyahou Et Al Harari sold 350,000 shares of SNDK stock in March, April, May June, and July. Exec. VP, Administration, CFO Judy Bruner sold 75,000 shares of SNDK stock on 04/26/2010 at the average price of 44.19. Judy Bruner owns at least 36,908 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.92% since. Directors Dr James D Meindl and Michael E Marks together sold 23,838 shares of SNDK stock in April and May. President/COO Sanjay Mehrotra sold 88,334 shares of SNDK stock in May.

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