Depressed Automotive Industry Discouraged Insider Trading

July 14, 2011 - PRLog -- In July, the insider buy ratio of U.S. Automotive Sector dropped from the peak in June. 4 weeks insider buy ratio decreased from 27% 4 weeks ago to only 19% right now. The changes were due to the decline of both number of insider net buyers and insider net sellers. On the other hand, 13-week insider buy ratio up by 6% from 14% one quarter ago. And when we made the previous comparison, 52 week insider buy ratio also dropped from 27% to 17%. For more data and analysis about insider trading, please visit http://www.insiderslab.com/media/mediaRoom.php

Tesla Motors, Inc.  – While oil prices have brought a noticeable automotive sales for major US auto manufacturers, Tesla Motor is focusing on the environmental impact of the society and continuously refining their fuel efficient vehicles. There were 2 significant insider net buy activities during the past four weeks. CEO as well as the Director Musk Elon purchased 1,416,000 common shares on the open market at $28.76 per share. His personal holding increased 6% after the acquisition. Another director Kohler Herbert acquired 637,475 common shares at $28.76 per share on June 8 in response to the happy future of Tesla Motors. Read (TSLA) insider trading report at http://www.insiderslab.com/Notable/TSLA/

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.  - TRW Automotive previous received antitrust inquiries from the government. The company is going to realize the financial impact of the penalty due to anti-competitive conduct in German and record an accrual on their financial statement. The share price of TRW has been boosted to a relative high level so that many insiders are considering selling part of their holdings. Over $5 million shares were disposed by insiders during the past four weeks. Read (TRW) insider trading report at http://www.insiderslab.com/Notable/TRW/

WABCO Holdings Inc.  – The company is a manucature of safety and control systems for commercial vehicles. WABCO recently engaged in a new five-year multi-currency revolving credit facility of $400 million. The company also signed a long term agreement with one of Europe's largest producers of commercial trailers to provide new generation of air disc brakes. While the company’s share price tripled in the past 2 years, company’s insiders filed $51.95M disposition during the past four weeks. Read (WBC) insider trading report at http://www.insiderslab.com/Notable/WBC/

Report Editor: Kelly Liu in Vancouver at kelly@insiderslab.com

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