Stock sales among Massachusetts corporate insiders executives and directors running the states publicly traded companies topped $53 million in July, dwarfing that same groups purchases for the month, which totaled less than $5,000.
The lopsided insider activity came during a particularly buoyant stretch in the stock market, indicating that many well-heeled executives and directors were seizing an opportunity to cash out after months of poor returns.
The trading data was provided by financial markets researcher Thomson Reuters.
Below is a list of the months biggest sellers and buyers, ranked in descending order by transaction values.
BIGGEST SELLERS:
Insider Name Company name Ticker Value sold
- Ryan, Vincent J. IRON MOUNTAIN INC. IRM $19,867,691
- Ayasli, Yalcin HITTITE MICROWAVE CORP. HITT $14,435,924
- Horne, Timothy P. WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC. WTS $2,619,770
- Hess, William H. AMERICAN TOWER CORP. AMT $2,384,200
- Smith, Daniel L. RAYTHEON CO. RTN $2,000,552
- Meyrowitz, Carol M. TJX COMPANIES INC. TJX $1,583,793
- Boger, Kenneth S. VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. VRTX $1,467,129
- Yurek, Gregory J. AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP. AMSC $1,178,437
- Boger, Joshua S. VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. VRTX $1,098,624
- Aldrich, David J. SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC. SWKS $1,020,500
- Zimon, Eugene J. NSTAR NST $753,191
- Herrman, Ernie L. TJX COMPANIES INC. TJX $682,600
- Stankiewicz, Charles W. AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP. AMSC $631,501
- Bertucci, John R. MKS INSTRUMENTS INC. MKSI $458,250
- Shagoury, John D. NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC. NUAN $305,470
- Freyman, Bruce J. SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC. SWKS $303,750
- Lee, Yuchun UNICA CORP. UNCA $303,546
- Peck, Charles H. BROOKLINE BANCORP INC. BRKL $266,728
- Levan, George M. SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC. SWKS $180,000
- Colella, Gerald G. MKS INSTRUMENTS INC. MKSI $166,784
- Goglia, Richard A. RAYTHEON CO. RTN $139,500
- Greiner, Helen IROBOT CORP. IRBT $131,700
- Weafer, Robert J. Jr. NSTAR NST $130,000
- Graves, Kurt C. VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. VRTX $129,462
- Lee, John Tseng Chung MKS INSTRUMENTS INC. MKSI $118,357
- Henry, David A. AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP. AMSC $102,600
- Chapin, David C. BROOKLINE BANCORP INC. BRKL $100,864
- Difillippo, David A. UNIFIRST CORP. UNF $86,164
- Szabados, Michael NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC. NTCT $80,376
- Nolan, Joseph R Jr. NSTAR NST $79,400
- Mueller, Peter VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. VRTX $78,912
- Maupay, Walter R Jr. CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC. CBST $72,000
- Floyd, William H III ASPECT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. ASPM $32,500
- Owings, Michael Paul PHASE FORWARD INCORP. PFWD $20,145
- Weinstein, Glen Daniel IROBOT CORP. IRBT $13,040
- Austin, W Marxe Et Al MICROFINANCIAL INC. MFI $5,004
- Silva, Paul M. VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. VRTX $4,460
- Hildreth, Norman G. Jr. HITTITE MICROWAVE CORP. HITT $3,532
BIGGEST BUYERS:
Insider Name Company Name Ticker Value of purchases
SOURCE: Thomson Reuters
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