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Recent Insider Buying: Dicks Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE:DKS), WPX Energy Inc (NYSE:WPX), Matador Resources Co (NYSE:MTDR), 8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT)

Dicks Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE:DKS)’s CEO and chairman Edward Stack bought 115,000 shares at an average price of $42.56, costing him $4,894,251. Dick’s board member Larry Stone also bought a large chunk of shares for a similar price–23,000 shares for $42.46 each, or $976,684 total. Dicks Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE:DKS) stock performance was 3.08% in last session and finished the day at $44.45. Traded volume was 4.67million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 1.85million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.17. Dicks Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE:DKS) insider ownership is 1.40%.

WPX Energy Inc (NYSE:WPX) Director Kelt Kindick purchased 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 27th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $20.80 per share, with a total value of $104,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 26,276 shares in the company, valued at approximately $546,541. WPX Energy Inc (NYSE:WPX) dropped -0.66 percent to $21.18 Friday on volume of 3.08million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $21.06 to $21.49. WPX Energy Inc (NYSE:WPX) has a market capitalization of $4.28billion.

Matador Resources Co. (NYSE:MTDR) Director David M. Laney bought 10,000 shares of Matador Resources stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 29th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $25.00 per share, with a total value of $250,000.00. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 414,177 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,354,425.Matador Resources Co (NYSE:MTDR)’s stock on May 30, 2014 reported a increase of 0.16% to the closing price of $24.88. Its fifty two weeks range is $9.81 -$29.14. The total market capitalization recorded $1.82billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 1.97million shares. In its share capital, MTDR has 65.81million outstanding shares.

8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT)’s Chief Executive Officer Vikram Verma, Chief Executive Officer Vikram Verma on Tuesday purchased 38,000 shares at a cost of $7.42 each, for a total investment of $281,918. Before this latest buy, Verma made one other purchase in the past twelve months, buying $237,325 shares at a cost of $9.49 each. 8×8 is trading up about 2.3% on the day Wednesday. On Friday, shares of 8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) dropped -1.96% to close the day at $7.52. Company return on investment (ROI) is 10.10% and its monthly performance is recorded as -22.47%. 8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) quarterly revenue growth is -28.92%.