Weekly CFO Sells Highlights

- By Myra Ramdenbourg

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the recent chief financial officer (CFO) sells were: Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (MTD), M&T Bank Corp. (MTB) and Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU).

Mettler-Toledo International CFO sold 313 shares

CFO Shawn Vadala sold 313 shares for $428.01 per share on Nov. 8. The stock price has decreased by 0.7%.


Mettler-Toledo International has a market cap of $10.58 billion, and its shares were traded around $425.03. The company has a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 31.45 and a price-sales (P/S) ratio of 4.71. Over the past 10 years, Mettler-Toledo International had an annual average earnings growth of 5.60%.

Mettler-Toledo International announced revenues of $650.6 million and gross profit of $369.5 million in its third-quarter results while the net income was $101.33 million. The 2015 total revenue was $2.40 billion, a 4% decrease from the 2014 total revenue. The 2015 gross profit was $1.35 billion, a 0.5% decrease from the 2014 gross profit. The 2015 net income was $352.82 million.

Executive Vice President William P. Donnelly sold 30,067 shares for $427.88 per share on Nov. 8. The stock price has decreased by 0.67%. Director Francis A. Contino sold 700 shares for $428.08 per share on Nov. 7. The stock price has decreased by 0.71%. Head of European and North American Market Organizations Marc de la Guerroniere sold 4,950 shares for $425.51 on Nov. 7. The stock price has decreased by 0.11%.

M&T Bank CFO sold 8,762 shares

Executive Vice President/CFO Darren J. King sold 8,762 shares for $123.01 per share on Nov. 7. The stock price has increased by 7.82%.

M&T Bank has a market cap of $19.19 billion, and its shares were traded around $132.63. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.84 and P/S ratio of 3.87. M&T Bank's trailing 12-month dividend yield is 2.12% while the forward dividend yield is 2.13%. Over the past 10 years, M&T Bank had an annual average earnings growth of 3.00%.

Executive Vice President Gino A. Martocci sold 7,433 shares for $125.07 per share on Nov. 8. The stock price has increased by 6.04%. Executive Vice President Brian E. Hickey sold 13,167 shares for $124.98 per share on Nov. 8. The stock price has increased by 6.12%. Executive Vice President Rene F. Jones sold 15,740 shares for $124.31 per share on Nov. 7. The stock price has increased by 6.69%.

Prudential Financial CFO sold 14,695 shares

Executive Vice President and CFO Robert Falzon sold 14,695 shares for $90 per share on Nov. 9. The stock price has increased by 8.49%.

Prudential Financial has a market cap of $41.99 billion, and its shares were traded around $97.64. The company has a P/E ratio of 9.17 and a P/S ratio of 0.73. Prudential Financial's trailing 12-month dividend yield stocks is 2.87% while the forward dividend yield is 2.84%.

Prudential Financial announced revenues of $14.45 billion in the second quarter while the net income was $921 million. The 2015 total revenue was $57.26 billion, a 6% increase from the 2014 total revenue. The 2015 net income was $5.64 billion.

Senior Vice President Barbara Koster sold 22,368 shares for $100 per share on Nov. 14. The stock price has decreased by 2.36%. Chairman John R. Strangfeld Jr. sold 458,768 shares for $91.85 on Nov. 10. The stock price has increased by 6.3%. Senior Vice President Sharon C. Taylor sold 20,952 shares for $92.64 per share on Nov. 10. The stock price has increased by 5.4%.

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