HOTT Crosses Above Key Moving Average Level Thursday, November 1, 3:36 PM ET, by Market News Video Staff In trading on Thursday, shares of Hot Topic Inc. (HOTT) crossed above their 200 day ...
MW Crosses Above Key Moving Average Level Friday, November 2, 12:50 PM ET, by Market News Video Staff In trading on Friday, shares of Men's Wearhouse, Inc. (MW) crossed above their 200 day ...
There's an old saying on Wall Street about insider buying: there are many possible reasons to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy. Back on May 23, Hot Topic Inc.'s Director, Matthew A Drapkin, invested $691,418.00 into 96,000 shares of HOTT, for a cost per share of $7.20. Bargain hunters tend to pay particular attention to insider buys like this one, because presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in the open market, is that they expect to make money.
In trading on Friday, bargain hunters could buy shares of Hot Topic Inc. (NASDAQ:HOTT) and achieve a cost basis 7.8% cheaper than Drapkin, with shares changing hands as low as $6.64 per share. It should be noted that Drapkin has collected $0.14/share in dividends since the time of their purchase, so they are currently down 5.9% on their purchase from a total return basis. Hot Topic Inc. shares are currently trading up about 3.3% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of HOTT shares, versus its 200 day moving average:
Looking at the chart above, HOTT's low point in its 52 week range is $5.05 per share, with $8.74 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $6.90. By comparison, below is a table showing the prices at which insider buying was recorded over the last six months:
Purchased
Insider
Title
Shares
Price/Share
Value
05/23/2011
Matthew A Drapkin
Director
96,000
$7.20
$691,418.00
05/23/2011
Steven R Becker
Director
96,000
$7.20
$691,418.00
HOTT operates in the Apparel Stores sector, among companies like Men's Wearhouse, Inc. (NYSE:MW) which is off about 0.4% today, and Vera Bradley Inc. (NASDAQ:VRA) trading lower by about 3.9%. Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of HOTT, versus MW and VRA.
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