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In this article, us postal service rates I will feature one services sector stock that has seen intensive insider selling during the last 30 days. Intensive insider selling can be defined by the following three criteria: The stock was sold by three or more insiders within one month. The stock was not purchased by any insiders in the month of intensive selling. At least two sellers decreased their holdings by more than 10%.
Here us postal service rates is a table of RPX's insider-trading activity during the last 30 days by insider. Name Title Trade Date Shares us postal service rates Sold Rule 10b5-1 Current Ownership Decrease In Ownership John Amster CEO Nov 26-Dec 13 34,400 Yes 1,776,565 shares 1.9% Martin Roberts SVP Nov 22-Dec 11 8,095 Yes 19,680 shares + 56,574 options 9.6% Geoffrey Barker Director Nov 20-Dec 10 74,001 Yes 1,002,363 shares 6.9% Steven Swank SVP Nov 21-Dec 5 7,732 Yes
Here is a table of RPX's insider-trading activity by calendar month. Month Insider selling / shares Insider buying / shares December 2013 67,183 0 November 2013 375,753 0 October 2013 120,994 0 September 2013 131,791 0 August 2013 152,666 10,000 July 2013 149,551 0 June 2013 163,744 0 May 2013 267,948 0 April 2013 124,528 0 March 2013 170,390 0 February 2013 1,231,253 50,000 January 2013 124,400 0
RPX's competitors include Acacia us postal service rates Research Corporation ( ACTG ). Here is a table comparing these two companies. Company RPXC ACTG Market Cap: 854.28M 637.56M Employees: 136 55 Qtrly Rev Growth (yoy): 0.25 -0.56 Revenue: 228.79M 181.76M Gross Margin: 0.56 0.83 EBITDA: 167.59M 25.41M Operating Margin: 0.31 -0.10 Net Income: 43.84M -11.99M EPS: 0.82 -0.25 P/E: 19.81 N/A PEG (5 yr expected): 1.55 2.49 P/S: 3.71 3.50
RPX is trading at a higher P/S ratio than its direct competitor. us postal service rates In Acacia Research , there have been 191,991 shares sold and there have been zero shares purchased by insiders this year. Only RPX has seen intensive insider selling during the last 30 days.
There have been six different insiders selling RPX and there have not been any insiders buying RPX during the last 30 days. Two of these six insiders decreased their holdings us postal service rates by more than 10%. RPX has an insider ownership of 2.10%.
RPX is trading at a P/E ratio of 19.81 and a forward P/E ratio of 15.15. The company has a book value of $7.89 per share. Before entering short RPX, I would like to get a bearish confirmation from the Point and Figure chart . The two main reasons for the proposed short entry are relatively us postal service rates high P/S ratio and the intensive insider-selling activity.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, us postal service rates and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. us postal service rates I am not receiving us postal service rates compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned us postal service rates in this article. (More...)
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