Weekly Top Insider Sells: CCI, VNO, VMW,V

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Sep 05, 2010
According to GuruFocus Insider Data, these are the largest insider sells during the past week.


Director of Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI, Financial) David C Abrams sold 867,301 shares on 08/27/2010 at an average price of $42.04.


Crown Castle International is a owner and operator of towers and transmission networks for wireless communications and broadcast transmission companies. Crown Castle International Corp. has a market cap of $12.21 billion; its shares were traded at around $42.04 with and P/S ratio of 7.3. Crown Castle International Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 10% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Crown Castle International Corp. the business predictability rank of 2.5-star.


On Jul 28, 2010 Crown Castle International Corp. reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010.rental revenues for second quarter 2010 increased $33.2 million, or 9%, to $409.6 million from $376.4 million for the same period in the prior year.


Crown Castle International Corp. is owned by many Gurus. Steve Mandel, Chris Davis, and Bill Gates own positions in this stock.


Sell: Director David C Abrams sold 655,278 shares of CCI stock on 08/09/2010 at the average price of 40.49. David C Abrams owns at least 5,697,851 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3.83% since.


Vornado Realty Trust (VNO, Financial): Director Russell B Jr Wight sold 70,000 Shares


Director of Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) Russell B Jr Wight sold 70,000 shares on 09/03/2010 at an average price of $87.41.


Vornado Realty Trust has a market cap of $15.9 billion; its shares were traded at around $87.41 with a P/E ratio of 17.1 and P/S ratio of 5.7. The dividend yield of Vornado Realty Trust stocks is 3%. Vornado Realty Trust had an annual average earning growth of 5.3% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Vornado Realty Trust the business predictability rank of 2.5-star.




Vornado Realty Trust is owned by 4 Gurus. Ken Heebner, Third Avenue Management, and Chris Davis own positions in this stock.


Sell: EVP - Retail Division Sandeep Mathrani sold 18,809 shares of VNO stock on 09/02/2010 at the average price of 83.91. Sandeep Mathrani owns at least 10,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.17% since.


VMWARE INC. (VMW, Financial): COO Tod Nielsen sold 60,000 Shares


COO of VMWARE INC. (VMW) Tod Nielsen sold 60,000 shares on 09/02/2010 at an average price of $84.43.


VMware provides virtualization solutions from the desktop to the data center. Vmware Inc. has a market cap of $43.61 billion; its shares were traded at around $84.43 with a P/E ratio of 126 and P/S ratio of 21.5.


On Jul 20, 2010 VMware, Inc. announced financial results for the second quarter 2010. Revenues for the second quarter were $674 million, an increase of 48% from the second quarter of 2009. GAAP operating income for the second quarter was $101 million, an increase of 166% from the second quarter of 2009.


VMWARE INC. is owned by 3 Gurus. Ron Baron owns position in this stock.


Buy: 10% Owner Corp Emc bought 161,000 shares of VMW stock on 08/27/2010 at the average price of 77.6. Corp Emc owns at least 31,430,116 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 8.8% since.


VISA INC. (V, Financial): Director William S Shanahan sold 65,000 Shares


Director of VISA INC. (V) William S Shanahan sold 65,000 shares on 09/01/2010 at an average price of $72.5.


VISA operates the world's largest retail electronic payments network and is one of the most recognized global financial services brands. Visa Inc. has a market cap of $60.91 billion; its shares were traded at around $72.5 with a P/E ratio of 19.7 and P/S ratio of 8.8. The dividend yield of Visa Inc. stocks is 0.7%.


On July 28, 2010 Visa Inc. announced financial results for the Company’s fiscal third quarter 2010 ended June 30, 2010. GAAP net income for the quarter was $716 million, or $0.97 per diluted class A common share. The weighted average number of diluted class A common shares outstanding was 738 million. GAAP net operating revenue in the fiscal third quarter of 2010 was $2.0 billion, an increase of 23% over the prior year and driven by strong contributions across all revenue categories, in particular data processing and international transaction revenues.





VISA INC. is owned by many Gurus. Glenn Greenberg Ruane Cunniff, Chuck Akre, and Julian Robertson own positions in this stock.


Sell: Director William S Shanahan sold 65,000 shares of V stock on 09/01/2010 at the average price of 70.1. William S Shanahan owns at least 68,675 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3.42% since.


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