Weekly Top Insider Sells

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Apr 22, 2013
According to GuruFocus Insider Data, these are the largest insider sells during the past week. The overall trend of insiders is illustrated in the chart below:



American Express Co (AXP, Financial): Executive Vice President, General Counsel Louise M. Parent Sold 259,511 Shares

Executive Vice President, General Counsel of American Express Co. (AXP) Louise M. Parent sold 259,511 shares on 04/19/2013 at an average price of $67.24.

American Express Co. was founded in 1850 as a joint stock association and was incorporated in 1965 as a New York corporation. American Express Co. has a market cap of $71.85 billion; its shares were traded at around $67.24 with a P/E ratio of 17.2712 and P/S ratio of 2.36. The dividend yield of American Express Co. stocks is 1.19%. American Express Co. had an annual average earnings growth of 5% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated American Express Co. the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.

On April 17, 2013 American Express Company reported first-quarter net income of $1.3 billion, up 2 percent from a year ago. Diluted earnings per share was $1.15, up 7 percent from $1.07 a year ago.

Consolidated total revenues net of interest expense were $7.9 billion, up 4 percent from $7.6 billion a year ago. The increase reflected strong cardmember spending as well as higher net interest income and annual cardmember fees.

Executive Vice President Corp. Affairs Thomas A. Schick sold 69,958 shares of AXP stock on 02/04/2013 at the average price of $59.26. Thomas A. Schick owns at least 30,864 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 13.47% since.

Google Inc. (GOOG, Financial): Director L. John Doerr sold 5,305 Shares

Director of Google Inc. (GOOG) L. John Doerr sold 5,305 shares on 04/15/2013 at an average price of $799.87. Google Inc. was incorporated in California in September 1998 and reincorporated in Delaware in August 2003. Google Inc. has a market cap of $252.49 billion; its shares were traded at around $799.87 with a P/E ratio of 24.7525 and P/S ratio of 4.84. Google Inc. had an annual average earnings growth of 37% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Google Inc. the business predictability rank of 3-star.

On April 18, 2013 Google Inc. announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. Google Inc. reported consolidated revenues of $13.97 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, an increase of 31% compared to the first quarter of 2012. Google Inc. reports advertising revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting traffic acquisition costs (TAC). In the first quarter of 2013, TAC totaled $2.96 billion, or 25% of advertising revenues. Operating income, operating margin, net income, and earnings per share (EPS) are reported on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis. The non-GAAP measures, as well as free cash flow, an alternative non-GAAP measure of liquidity, are described below and are reconciled to the corresponding GAAP measures at the end of this release.

Executive Chairman of Board Eric E. Schmidt sold 90,330 shares of GOOG stock on 03/26/2013 at the average price of $811.04. Eric E. Schmidt owns at least 163,781 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.38% since.

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