Insider Trading Weekly Review - eDiets.com, Furniture Brands International, Axcelis Technologies

Feb. 21, 2011 - PRLog -- Welcome to Insiderslab.com’s weekly review on insider trade with respectable short term investment return. Insiderslab.com believes that all of the outside investors could increase their returns if they considered picking their stocks by tracking the same information resources: insiders trading.  In this report, we trace and evaluate one week buying and selling performance by company insiders, especially for those notable trades we included in our email alerts and/or those TOP 10 trades picked by insiderslab.com.

During the week 02/14/2011 to 02/20/2011, corporate insiders settled 5,345 sale transactions, measured in dollar amount of $14.69 billion whereas a total of 4,049 purchase transactions were launched, measured in dollar amount of 0.55 billion which was way smaller than the amount of purchasing activity. See more detailed market data analysis related to insider trading, please visit Market Research at insiderslab.com  

Buy/Sell Ratio:

Aggregate insider trading activity can be seen as analogous to, and a predictor of, future market movement. The insider Buy/Sell ratio is a good indicator that attempt to tell the bullishness or bearishness of insiders toward the entire market. It is calculated by, in terms of number of transactions, dividing the total insider and 10% owners’ purchases in a given period by total insider selling. The Buy/Sell ratio for last week was 0.76. In other words, insiders sold more than 1.25 times as much stock as they bought. This number is a bit smaller than four week average which was 0.87. Insiders settled more sell trades than buy trades.

Notable Insider Trades:

Given below are 3 notable insider buys and sales that insiderslab.com issued email alerts last week:

eDiets.com, Inc.  – Insider Holding Gain = 74.33%

Furniture Brands International  – Insider Holding Gain = 23.07 %

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.  – one month insider trading gain = 15.6%

All of these companies have either seen multiple purchases by multiple insiders or multiple purchases by the same insider over the last several weeks.

eDiets.com, Inc.  - $0.72

2 large insider trades were settled on February 9 which generated over 74.33 % insider trading return. During the month, outside investors such BBS Capital Fund, L.P., together with a group of Company's Board of Directors, provided $1.572 million capital through a private placement. The purchase price was $0.41 per share. Insiderslab.com reported this cluster of transactions on February 9.
Insiderslab.com will issue detailed Insider Trading Analysis of this stock on Tuesday, February 21.

Furniture Brands International  - $ 4.80
Furniture Brands generated net sales of $276.1 million for the 2010 fourth quarter which declined 3.3% from year 2009. Firm also reported a net loss of $44.7 million, or $0.82 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $65 million, or $1.35 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2009.  A group of insider open market purchases were settled on February 7 that generated insider holding return of 23.07 so far.
Insiderslab.com will issue detailed Insider Trading Analysis of this stock on Wednesday, February 22.
Axcelis Technologies, Inc.  - $2.89
Axcelis Technologies generated a net income of $ 4.3 million for the fourth quarter 2010 that compares to a net loss of $6.3 million for the third quarter 2010. Braun, who has been Chairman of Veeco Instruments, was elected as Axcelis Technologies Board of Directors early this month. 5 insiders of the firm filed insider trading in February. Current holding return of this group of insiders is %15.60.
Insiderslab.com will issue detailed Insider Trading Analysis of this stock on Thursday, February 23.

Insiderslab.com will continue to scan the above insider trades and a number of other proprietary insider indicators for any shifts in the trajectory of these shares. Using Interactive Insider Trading Charts and Insider Trade Statistics, Insiderslab.com turns raw data into information that investors can use to improve their investment research. Thousands of insider trade filings are made each day, Insiderslab.com provides access to stock alerts and trading reports compiled by expert analysts. You can subscribe to FREE insider trading alerts tracking all stocks on the OTCBB, NASDAQ, SP500, DOWJ and NYSE by visiting http://www.insiderslab.com .

This report is edited by: Kelly Liu in Vancouver at kelly@insiderslab.com

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