Weekly Insider Sells Highlight: JNJ, TRV, AAL, STJ

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May 04, 2015

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest insider sells during the past week were: Johnson & Johnson, Travelers Companies Inc, American Airlines Group Inc, and St Jude Medical Inc.

The overall trend of insiders is illustrated in the chart below:

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, Financial): Chief Scientific Officer Paulus Stoffels sold 187,250 Shares

Chief Scientific Officer Paulus Stoffels sold 187,250 shares of JNJ stock on 04/28/2015 at the average price of $100.73. Paulus Stoffels owns at least 94,473 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.6% since.

Johnson & Johnson has a market cap of $278.41 billion; its shares were traded at around $100.13 with a P/E ratio of 17.30 and P/S ratio of 3.86. The dividend yield of Johnson & Johnson stocks is 2.80% and the company had an annual average earnings growth of 4.30% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Johnson & Johnson the business predictability rank of 3-star.

The company reported first quarter 2015 sales of $17.4 billion, which was a decrease of 4.1% versus the same quarter last year. First quarter adjusted EPS was $1.56, a decrease of 4.3% year-over-year.

Travelers Companies Inc (TRV, Financial): Chairman & Chief Exec. Officer Jay S Fishman sold 126,638 Shares

Chairman & Chief Exec. Officer of Travelers Companies Inc (TRV, Financial) Jay S Fishman sold 126,638 shares on 04/27/2015 at an average price of $102.12.

Travelers Companies Inc provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance products and services to businesses, government units, associations and individuals. The company has a market cap of $32.55 billion; its shares were traded at around $102.12 with a P/E ratio of 10.00 and P/S ratio of 1.26. The dividend yield of Travelers Companies Inc stocks is 2.15% and it had an annual average earnings growth of 13.50% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Travelers Companies Inc the business predictability rank of 3-star.

For its first quarter of 2015, Travelers Companies reported net income of $833 million ($2.55 per diluted share), compared to net income of $1.05 billion ($2.95 per share) in the same quarter of 2014. ROE was 13.4% versus 16.8% a year ago, and operating income decreased 21% to $827 million.

American Airlines Group Inc (AAL, Financial): President J Scott Kirby sold 262,471 Shares

President J Scott Kirby sold 262,471 shares of AAL stock on 04/30/2015 at the average price of $49.47. J Scott Kirby owns at least 828,516 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.16% since.

American Airlines Group Inc operates in the airline industry. The company has a market cap of $34.22 billion; its shares were traded at around $49.39 with a P/E ratio of 10.80 and P/S ratio of 0.85. The dividend yield of American Airlines Group Inc stocks is 0.81%.

American Airlines reported first quarter 2015 net profit of $1.2 billion excluding special charges. This compares to first quarter 2014 net profit of $402 million. Meanwhile, total revenue for the quarter was $9.8 billion, a decrease of 1.7% year-over-year.

St Jude Medical Inc (STJ, Financial): Executive Vice President John C Heinmiller sold 160,000 Shares

Executive Vice President of St Jude Medical Inc (STJ, Financial) John C Heinmiller sold 160,000 shares on 04/24/2015 at an average price of $71.47.

St Jude Medical Inc has a market cap of $20.1 billion; its shares were traded at around $71.47 with a P/E ratio of 21.00 and P/S ratio of 3.68. The dividend yield of St Jude Medical Inc stocks is 1.54%. St Jude Medical Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 11.00% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated St Jude Medical Inc the business predictability rank of 2.5-star.

Chairman, CEO & President Daniel J Starks and multiple other insiders also recently sold shares of STJ stock.

For the complete list of stocks that bought/sold by their company executives, go to: Insider Buys.