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Bargain Hunters Take Note: Insider Cluster-Buying At SJI

By Energy Stock Channel Staff, Monday, November 19, 3:47 PM ET

A particularly strong insider buying signal is what we call a "cluster-buy" where three or more different insiders make open market purchases within a short period of one another. At South Jersey Industries, Inc. (NYSE:SJI), 3 different insiders purchased 4,064 shares at an average price of $46.68/share, for a total of $189,701, with the most recent purchase on November 16, 2012.

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. So when multiple insiders all decide to make purchases around the same time, it could be a strong indication that the stock is undervalued. Below is a table summarizing the insider buys that make up this "cluster":

Purchased Insider Title Shares Price/Share Value
11/15/2012 Frank L. Sims Director 2,000 $46.29 $92,589.60
11/19/2012 Sarah Morrison Barpoulis Director 1,000 $47.39 $47,386.50
11/16/2012 Sunita Holzer Director 1,064 $46.73 $49,724.55

The chart below shows the one year performance of SJI shares, versus its 200 day moving average. Note that SJI's low point in its 52 week range is $45.81 per share, with $57.99 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $47.62, with shares currently trading up about 1.3% on the day.

South Jersey Industries, Inc. Chart

According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, SJI makes up 4.56% of the S&P SmallCap Utilities Portfolio ETF (NASDAQ:PSCU) which is trading higher by about 1.1% on the day Monday.

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