Weekly Top Insider Sells : Microsoft Corp., Dollar General Corp., Red Hat Inc., Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

Weekly Top Insider Sells: DG, MSFT, RHT, MRVL

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Apr 25, 2010
According to GuruFocus Insider Data, these are the largest insider sells during the past week.

Director of Dollar General Corp. (DG, Financial) Adrian M Jones sold 6,433,515 shares on 04/20/2010 at an average price of $29.38.

Dollar General Corporation is a discount retailer in the United States. Dollar General Corp. has a market cap of $10.01 billion; its shares were traded at around $29.38 with a P/E ratio of 23.2 and P/S ratio of 0.8.

Dollar General Corporation recently reported financial results for its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter and full year ended January 29, 2010. Fourth quarter 2009 net income was $87.2 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.26, compared to net income of $81.9 million, or diluted EPS of $0.26, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008.

Dollar General Corp. is owned by 4 Gurus. 3 Gurus Initiated Positions in DG: Andreas Halvorsen bought 2,315,500 shares in the quarter that ended on 12/31/2009, which is 0.59% of the $8.78 billion portfolio of Viking Global Investors LP. George Soros bought 1,574,153 shares in the quarter that ended on 12/31/2009, which is 0.51% of the $6.95 billion portfolio of Soros Fund Management LLC. Lee Ainslie bought 1,890,120 shares in the quarter that ended on 12/31/2009, which is 0.47% of the $8.99 billion portfolio of Maverick Capital.

David Williams owns 350,000 shares as of 03/31/2010, a decrease of 50% of from the previous quarter. This position accounts for 0.12% of the $7.12 billion portfolio of Columbia Value and Restructuring Fund.

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT, Financial): Senior Vice President Robert L Muglia sold 2,222,222 Shares

Senior Vice President of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Robert L Muglia sold 2,222,222 shares on 04/19/2010 at an average price of $30.96.

Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for a multitude of computing devices. Microsoft Corp. has a market cap of $271.53 billion; its shares were traded at around $30.96 with a P/E ratio of 16.4 and P/S ratio of 4.6. The dividend yield of Microsoft Corp. stocks is 1.7%.

On April 22, 2010, Microsoft Corp. announced record third-quarter revenue of $14.50 billion for the quarter ended Mar. 31, 2010, a 6% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $5.17 billion, $4.01 billion and $0.45 per share, which represented increases of 17%, 35% and 36%, respectively, when compared with the prior year period.

Microsoft Corp. is owned by many Gurus. Mark Hillman, PRIMECAP Management, David Einhorn, David Tepper, and APPALOOSA MANAGEMENT LP all have positions in this stock.

Sell:: President, Entertainment Div. Robert J Bach sold 100,000 shares of MSFT stock on 04/22/2010 at the average price of 31.5, the price of the stock has decreased by 1.71% since.

Red Hat Inc. (RHT, Financial): Director Matthew Szulik sold 563,069 Shares

Director of Red Hat Inc. (RHT) Matthew Szulik sold 563,069 shares during the past week at an average price of $31.46.

Red Hat Inc. is a developer and provider of open source software and services, including the Red Hat Linux operating system. Red Hat Inc. has a market cap of $5.94 billion; its shares were traded at around $31.46 with a P/E ratio of 62.9 and P/S ratio of 7.8.

Red Hat recently announced financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 28, 2010. Total revenue for the quarter was $195.9 million, an increase of 18% from the year ago quarter. Subscription revenue for the quarter was $169.2 million, up 21% year-over-year. For the full year, total revenue was $748.2 million, an increase of 15% over the prior year, and subscription revenue was $638.7 million, up 18% year-over-year.

Sell:: CEO & President James M Whitehurst sold 50,000 shares of RHT stock on 12/07/2009 at the average price of 28.23.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (MRVL, Financial): VP, Chief Technology Officer Pantas Sutardja, sold 400,000 Shares

VP, Chief Technology Officer of Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (MRVL) Pantas Sutardja, sold 400,000 shares on 04/15/2010 at an average price of $22.18.

Marvell Technology is a designer, developer and supplier of mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuit for high-speed, high-density, digital data storage and broadband digital data networking markets. Marvell Technology Group Ltd. has a market cap of $14.2 billion; its shares were traded at around $22.18 with a P/E ratio of 29.2 and P/S ratio of 5. Marvell Technology Group Ltd. had an annual average earning growth of 32% over the past 10 years.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. recently reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2010, ended January 30, 2010. Net revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 was $843 million, a 64 percent increase from $513 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, ended January 31, 2009, and a 5 percent sequential increase from $803 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2010, ended October 31, 2009. Net revenue for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2010 was $2.81 billion, a decrease of 5 percent over reported net revenue of $2.95 billion for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. is owned by 3 Gurus. Lee Ainslie owns a position in this stock.

Sell:: VP, Chief Technology Officer Pantas Sutardja, sold 200,000 shares of MRVL stock on 12/21/2009 at the average price of 20, the price of the stock has increased by 10.9% since.