Insider trading activity: Lumber, Wood Production

In June, we recorded 9 open-market insider trades at 5 companies having a total value of $596,517. Transaction dollar volume was 89.8% lower than in May, and 50.3% lower when compared to insider trading activity a year ago. Purchases accounted for 44.4% of all open-market trades last month. Our insider sell-to-buy ratio, which excludes derivative conversions and certain other types of transactions, ended the month at 1.25, down from May's reading of 10. On average, a sell-to-buy ratio below 4 is considered bullish, while readings above 7 are bearish.

The largest open-market transaction of the month was in TREX stock, where 2 insiders sold 8,381 shares for a total of $247,808. The biggest buy last month was for 1,200 shares of AMWD, worth $19,775.

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Ticker Price % Chg 30 Days Company Name Mkt Cap Yield P/E P/B P/S Last Trade  
AMWD 34.96 0.00% - American Woodmark Corporation $514M - - 3.64 0.86 02/05/2013
DEL 66.58 0.00% - Deltic Timber Corporation $847M 0.49 53.26 3.54 5.58 18/03/2013 -2
JCTCF 9.59 0.00% - Jewett-Cameron Trading Company $30M - 10.15 1.60 0.60 - -
KOP 41.75 0.00% - Koppers Holdings Inc. $865M 2.35 14.27 5.59 0.56 03/05/2013 -3
LUK 31.28 0.00% - Leucadia National Corporation $11.39B 0.98 12.01 1.13 1.27 - -
LPX 18.96 0.00% - Louisiana-Pacific Corporation $2.64B - 26.37 2.42 1.40 - -
MAS 21.85 0.00% - Masco Corporation $7.80B 1.37 - 27.04 1.00 28/03/2013
PATK 21.47 0.00% - Patrick Industries, Inc. $228M - 7.92 3.55 0.48 07/05/2013
POPE 62.05 0.00% - Pope Resources $276M 2.90 - 4.11 4.45 03/05/2013 +4
TREX 55.94 0.00% - Trex Company, Inc. $944M - 80.49 8.07 2.96 03/05/2013 -4
UFPI 39.69 0.00% - Universal Forest Products, Inc. $789M 1.01 31.53 1.30 0.37 13/03/2013 -2
WY 32.33 0.00% - Weyerhaeuser Company $17.71B 2.13 36.33 4.16 2.36 02/04/2013 -3