Insiders Trading SIRI, SAVE, AIG

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 9, 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.

Sirius Xm Radio (SIRI) Liberty Media BO 60,350,000 128,480,096 Igate (IGTE) Viscaria BO 1,500,000 27,150,000 Quest Diagnostics(DGX) Rusckowski Stephen H PR,CEO,DIR 20,000 1,137,748 Kraton Perf Polymers(KRA) GMT Capital BO 48,500 1,109,680 Steel Excel(SXCL) Sph Group BO 22,395 627,624 Microsoft(MSFT) Luczo Stephen J DIR 16,000 491,562 American International(AIG) Offit Morris DIR 10,000 317,020 American International(AIG) Koellner Laurette T DIR 7,825 248,957 Builders Firstsource(BLDR) Warburg Pincus PE IX BO 59,837 235,192 Insight Enterprises(NSIT) Allen Richard E DIR 10,000 169,939 Source: Insider Insights

Spirit Airlines(SAVE) Oaktree Capital Gp DIR,BO 3,622,334 81,538,736 PVH (PVH) Gehring Fred CEO,DIR 175,292 14,651,989 Campbell Soup(CPB) Weber Charlotte C DIR 228,984 7,785,652 Quanta Services(PWR) Colson John R CB,DIR 244,800 5,677,601 Western Refining (WNR) Foster Paul L CB,DIR,BO 300,000 5,298,425 Apple (AAPL) Levinson Arthur D DIR 7,500 4,234,961 Validus Holdings(VR) Singh Alok DIR 117,861 3,861,020 Tal International(TAL) Sondey Brian CB,PR,CEO 100,000 3,821,706 Scripps Networks (SNI) Lowe Kenneth W CB,PR,CEO 55,628 3,013,369 Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Foust Michael F CEO,DIR 25,000 1,841,750 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

05/10/12 - 08:36 AM EDT