Wednesday, June 6, 2007

7 Top Insider-Owned Stocks

In general higher insider owned stocks are safer. This trading levels are not as intense as others leading to less volatility. When the insiders hold a bigger chunk of the pie, investors can trust them to perform well since their own money is at stake. However there are still plenty of risks involved with heavy insider ownership like the relative inability of outside and dissident shareholders to spur changes.

Listed below are top 7 insider-owned stocks, along with their key holders, and ratings.

Company

% Owned by Insiders

Key Shareholder

CAPS Rating

Garmin (Nasdaq: GRMN)

45%

Chairman/CEO

*****

Telefonos de Mexico (NYSE: TMX)

43%

Chairman

*****

American Financial Group (NYSE: AFG)

41%

Chairman

****

Kinetic Concepts (NYSE: KCI)

38%

Founder/Chairman

****

Rohm and Haas (NYSE: ROH)

35%

Director

****

Global Industries (Nasdaq: GLBL)

23%

Founder/Chairman/ COO

*****

Perini (NYSE: PCR)

23%

Chairman/CEO

*****



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