Weekly Top Insider Sells: Tiffany & Co., Oracle Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Medco Health Solutions Inc.

Weekly Top Insider Sells: TIF, ORCL, AMZN, MHS

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Sep 26, 2010
According to GuruFocus Insider Data, these are the largest insider sells during the past week.


Tiffany & Co. (TIF, Financial): Director Peter W May sold 1,000,000 Shares


Director of Tiffany & Co. (TIF) Peter W May sold 1,000,000 shares on 09/21/2010 at an average price of $45.51. Tiffany & Co. operates jewelry and specialty retail stores and manufactures products through its subsidiary corporations.


Tiffany & Co. has a market cap of $5.79 billion; its shares were traded at around $45.51 with a P/E ratio of 18.5 and P/S ratio of 2.2. The dividend yield of Tiffany & Co. stocks is 2.2%. Tiffany & Co. had an annual average earning growth of 6.1% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Tiffany & Co. the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.


On August 27, 2010 Tiffany & Co. reported that its worldwide net sales rose 9% in the second quarter ended July 31, 2010, with solid growth in most regions. Worldwide net sales increased 9% to $668.8 million. Net earnings from continuing operations rose 19% to $67.7 million, or $0.53 per diluted share, compared with $56.7 million, or $0.46 per diluted share.


Tiffany & Co. is owned by many Gurus. John Rogers owns a place in this stock.


Sell: Director Peter W May sold 1,000,000 shares of TIF stock on 09/21/2010 at the average price of 45.79. Peter W May owns at least 6,832,232 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.61% since.


Oracle Corp. (ORCL, Financial): EVP-Product Development Thomas Kurian sold 1,250,000 Shares


EVP-Product Development of Oracle Corp. (ORCL) Thomas Kurian sold 1,250,000 shares on 09/22/2010 at an average price of $26.96.


Oracle Corporation is one of the world's suppliers of software for information management. Oracle Corp. has a market cap of $135.51 billion; its shares were traded at around $26.96 with a P/E ratio of 16 and P/S ratio of 5.2. The dividend yield of Oracle Corp. stocks is 0.7%. Oracle Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 16.7% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Oracle Corp. the business predictability rank of 2.5-star.


On September 16, 2010, Oracle Corporation announced fiscal 2011 Q1 GAAP total revenues were up 48% to $7.5 billion, GAAP earnings per share were $0.27, up 20% compared to last year while non-GAAP earnings per share were up 38% to $0.42. GAAP operating cash flow on a trailing twelve-month basis was $8.8 billion.


Oracle Corp. is owned by many Gurus. Andreas Halvorsen, John Hussman, Bill Nygren, Kenneth Fisher, and PRIMECAP Management own position in this stock.


Sell: CEO, 10% Owner Lawrence Joseph Ellison sold 1,000,000 shares of ORCL stock on 09/23/2010 at the average price of 27.26. Lawrence Joseph Ellison owns at least 1,152,421,324 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.1% since.


Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN, Financial): Senior Vice President H Brian Valentine sold 54,000 Shares


Senior Vice President of Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) H Brian Valentine sold 54,000 shares on 09/20/2010 at an average price of $160.73.


Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be the world's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they may want to buy online. Amazon.com Inc. has a market cap of $71.98 billion; its shares were traded at around $160.73 with a P/E ratio of 66.8 and P/S ratio of 2.9. Amazon.com Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 21.8% over the past 5 years.


On Jul 22, 2010 announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2010. Operating cash flow was $2.56 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $1.88billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2009. Free cash flow increased 29% to $1.99 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $1.54 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2009.


Amazon.com Inc. is owned by many Gurus. Steve Mandel, John Hussman. And PRIMECAP Management own position in this stock.


Sell: Senior Vice President H Brian Valentine sold 54,000 shares of AMZN stock on 09/20/2010 at the average price of 149.11. H Brian Valentine owns at least 31,172 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 7.79% since.


Medco Health Solutions Inc. (MHS, Financial): President - New Markets John Patrick Driscoll sold 142,705 Shares


President - New Markets of Medco Health Solutions Inc. (MHS) John Patrick Driscoll sold 142,705 shares on 09/22/2010 at an average price of $51.49.


Medco Health Solutions, Inc. is the nation's largest pharmacy benefit manager, or PBM. Medco Health Solutions Inc. has a market cap of $22.33 billion; its shares were traded at around $51.49 with a P/E ratio of 16.9 and P/S ratio of 0.4. Medco Health Solutions Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 26.2% over the past 5 years.


On July 22, 2010 the company announce second quarter, 2010 results. Highlights: GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) increased 20.3 percent to a record $0.77 from $0.64 in second-quarter 2009. Total net revenues increased 9.9 percent to a record $16.4 billion.


Medco Health Solutions Inc. is owned by a few owners.


Sell: President - New Markets John Patrick Driscoll sold 142,705 shares of MHS stock on 09/22/2010 at the average price of 50. John Patrick Driscoll owns at least 98,552 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 2.98% since.


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