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Insiders Snapping Up Hain Celestial, Ulta Salon and More

Hain Celestial logoIf you are looking for clues telling you which stocks have a good chance of increasing in value, you might want consider watching what insiders are doing. After all, talk is cheap, but when insiders put their own money on the line, you should sit up and take note.

Hain Celestial Group (HAIN) topped the insider-buying charts for the week ending July 9th as insiders snapped up 174,602 shares of company stock at a market value of $4,120,368. Insiders now own 6.44% of HAIN stock.

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance (ULTA) was not far behind, with insiders buying 94,800 shares at a market value of $2,668,620. Insiders now own 23.76% of the company's stock after decreasing their overall holdings by 67.37% during the past six months.

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Pre-market movers: POSS, BRO ...

Possis Medical (NASDAQ: POSS) is up almost 35% on a takeover from Bayer.

Hypercom (NYSEL: HYC) is up 43% on a potential buy-out from Ingenico.

NeuroMetrix (NASDAQ: NURO) is off almost 18% on poor earnings.

Brown & Brown (NYSE: BRO) is down over 13% on weak quarterly numbers

Shares may trade differently in the pre-market than they do in the regular session.

Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 247wallst.com.

Analyst initiations 6-12-07: ADM, GNBT, MAR and PAY

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Marriott International (MAR), VeriFone Holdings, Inc (PAY), Generex Biotechnology Corp (GNBT), Quality Systems, Inc (QSII) and Owens Corning (OC) were today's noteworthy initiations:
  • Friedman Billings views Marriott International's (NYSE: MAR) relatively low-risk, capital efficient fee income model as an attractive investment opportunity and started shares with an Outperform rating.
  • Wedbush believes VeriFone Holdings (NYSE: PAY) is on the highest quality names in the space given the company's superior growth, high margins and consistent execution and started shares with a Strong Buy rating.
  • Rodman believes Generex Biotech's (NASDAQ: GNBT) oral insulin, Oral-lyn could be a significant player in the non-injectable insulin market and initiated shares with an Outperform rating.
  • Morgan Keegan started Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) with a Market Perform rating citing the slowdown in the North American housing market.
OTHER INITIATIONS:
  • William Blair started Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) with an Outperform rating.
Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).

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Last updated: February 10, 2012: 09:11 PM

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