Insiders Trading HPQ, LNKD, FURX, CPRT

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 CommissionMonday, June 4, 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 5,051,265 112,151,088 Hewlett Packard(HPQ) Lane Raymond J CB,DIR 179,900 3,987,622 Furiex Pharmaceuticals(FURX) Eshelman Fredric N DIR,BO 120,394 2,397,995 Cytrx (CYTR) Patterson Scott Bradford BO 497,896 1,831,967 Oplink Communications(OPLK) Liu Joseph Y CB,CEO 386,904 1,795,622 Universal Stainless (USAP) Pennant Capital Mgt BO 27,900 1,106,984 Masimo (MASI) Kiani Joe E CEO,CB,DIR 50,000 923,285 Ev Energy Partners (EVEP) Walker John B CB,DIR 10,000 499,700 American Railcar Industries(ARII) Icahn Carl C DIR,BO 22,370 466,885 Ferrellgas Partners (FGP) Wambold Stephen L CEO,PR,DIR 31,150 362,275 Source: Insider Insights

Linkedin (LNKD) Hoffman Reid DIR,BO 78,667 7,192,512 Linkedin (LNKD) Weiner Jeff CEO,DIR 74,584 6,819,153 Linkedin (LNKD) Henke David VP,OO 52,500 4,799,761 Validus Holdings(VR) Singh Alok DIR 147,538 4,626,143 Copart (CPRT) Johnson Willis J CB,DIR,BO 155,312 4,221,567 Duff & Phelps(DUF) Belke Robert DIR 271,402 3,867,479 Petsmart (PETM) Molloy Lawrence VP,CFO 30,000 1,890,575 Advent Software(ADVS) Dimarco Stephanie CEO,DIR 40,000 994,032 Infinity Pharmaceuticals(INFI) Holtzman Steven H DIR 57,573 749,025 Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) Hondmann Dirk VP 8,242 659,622 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

06/05/12 - 10:14 AM EDT