Insiders Trading HPQ, CVI, VRX, ARUN

By Jonathan Moreland, founder of Insider Insights and author of Profit From Legal Insider Trading.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Which insiders are selling and buying chunks of stocks?

Below are lists of the top 10 mainly open-market insider purchases and sales filed at the Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday, May 30, 2012 as ranked by dollar value. Company executives and directors are in the best position to assess the attractiveness of their firms' shares, and here is how many of them are voting their wallets! Please note, however, that these are factual lists, not buy and sell recommendations. Dollar value is only one metric to assess the importance of an insider transaction.

Hewlett Packard (HPQ) Whitworth Ralph V DIR 13,148,735 295,434,080 CVR Energy(CVI) Icahn Carl C DIR,BO 1,000,000 26,619,000 Valeant Pharmaceuticals(VRX) Valueact DIR 197,193 9,496,185 Resolute Energy (REN) Spo Advisory BO 557,000 4,773,510 Universal Stainless(USAP) Pennant Capital Mgt BO 19,800 831,861 Zoltek Companies(ZOLT) Rumy Zsolt CB,CEO,BO 45,195 352,327 Valeant Pharmaceuticals(VRX) Paul Laurence E DIR 5,700 276,600 Valhi (VHI) Simmons Harold C CB,DIR,BO 18,000 256,506 Power One(PWER) Hogge Steven D PR 40,000 161,252 LSI (LSI) Haggerty Charles A DIR 20,000 138,600 Source: Insider Insights

Reynolds American (RAI) Brown & Williamson BO 670,837 27,779,360 Toll Brothers(TOL) Toll Bruce E DIR 400,000 11,192,720 Aruba Networks(ARUN) Leone Douglas M DIR 661,200 9,121,893 Sei Investments(SEIC) West Alfred P Jr BO 160,000 2,921,300 Validus Holdings(VR) Singh Alok DIR 72,152 2,277,197 Clarcor (CLC) Johnson Norman E CB,DIR 42,200 2,112,750 Ultimate Software (ULTI) Wilber Rick DIR 20,000 1,642,514 Drew Industries(DW) Rose Edward W III DIR 60,143 1,593,762 Cheniere Energy(LNG) Souki Charif CB,CEO,PR 100,000 1,501,000 Electro Scientific(ESIO) Nierenberg Investment DIR,BO 117,823 1,398,822 Source: Insider Insights

Key to Titles: A=Assistant, AI=Affiliated Investor, AO=Accounting Officer, BD=Business Development, BO=Beneficial Owner, CAO=Chief Accounting Officer, CB=Chairman, CCO=Chief Compliance Officer, CEO=Chief Executive Officer, CFO=Chief Financial Officer, CIO=Chief Information Officer, CO=Compliance Officer, COO=Chief Operating Officer, CT=Controller, CTO=Chief Technology Officer, DIR=Director, EVP=Executive Vice President, F=Founder, FO=Financial Officer, GC=General Counsel, HR=Human Resources, IO=Information Officer, IR=Investor Relations, LO=Legal Officer, MD=Managing Director, O=Officer, OO=Operating Officer, PR=President, PT=Partner, REL=Relative of an insider, SEC=Secretary, SH=Shareholder, SO=Sales Officer, TO=Technology Officer, TR=Treasurer, TT=Trustee, VCB=Vice Chairman, VP=Vice President, X=Ex Officer or other title displayed.

Jonathan Moreland

05/31/12 - 08:22 AM EDT