$2.7M of PPC bought by Batista Joesley Mendonca on 11/16/2012

Batista Joesley Mendonca purchased 455,269 shares of Pilgrims Pride Corp stock, or $2,731,614 worth, as noted in an SEC Filing today. As reported in the filing, the transactions occurred on November 16, 2012.

As noted on November 20, 2012, Batista Joesley Mendonca's purchase was done indirectly through "By JBS USA Holdings, Inc." over 1 transaction on November 16, 2012. The share price for the transaction was $6 according to the regulatory filing detailing the trade.

If we look over the past 12 months, Batista Joesley Mendonca has sold no shares of Pilgrims Pride Corp stock. Over the same time period, Batista Joesley Mendonca has purchased 455,269 shares of Pilgrims Pride Corp, with a total cost of $2,731,614.

Let's take a quick, high-level look at insider trading at Pilgrims Pride Corp over the past 12 months. A total of 18,924,438 shares of Pilgrims Pride Corp stock was sold by insiders, totaling $107,680,052. Over the same time 12 month time period, 76,610,290 shares of Pilgrims Pride Corp, for a total value of $436,194,710 were purchased by company insiders.

To view the complete SEC Filing: Pilgrims Pride Corp Form 4 (Insider Trading) SEC Filing