Weekly CEO Buys Highlight: ENH, OPK, JIVE, CONE

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Jun 16, 2014

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, these are the largest CEO buys during the past week. The overall trend of CEOs is illustrated in the chart below:

Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd (ENH, Financial): Chmn & CEO John Charman Bought 35,630 Shares

Chairman & CEO of Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd (ENH, Financial) John Charman bought 35,630 shares on June 11 at an average price of $51.63. Endurance Specialty Holdings was organized on June 27, 2002 under the laws of Bermuda to act as a holding company of providers of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance. Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd has a market cap of $2.31 billion; its shares were traded at around $51.63 with a P/E ratio of 8.00 and P/S ratio of 1.03. The dividend yield of Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd stocks is 2.56%.

ENH recently reported net income available to common shareholders of $96.3 million and $2.17 per diluted common share for the first quarter of 2014 versus net income of $92.1 million and $2.13 per diluted common share for the first quarter of 2013.

Richard Pzena (Trades, Portfolio) bought 47,200 shares in the quarter that ended on March 31, which is 0.015% of the $17.45 billion portfolio of Pzena Investment Management LLC. NWQ Managers (Trades, Portfolio) bought 5,000 shares in the quarter that ended on March 31, which is 0.0023% of the $11.45 billion portfolio of NWQ Investment Management Co. Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) owns 5,286 shares as of March 31, an increase of 28.15% from the previous quarter. This position accounts for 0.0043% of the $6.64 billion portfolio of Gotham Asset Management, LLC.

Director John Thomas Baily bought 41 shares of ENH stock on March 31 at the average price of 53.37. John Thomas Baily owns at least 24,604 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 3.26% since.

Opko Health Inc (OPK, Financial): CEO & Chairman, 10% Owner Phillip Frost Bought 130,500 Shares

CEO & Chairman, 10% Owner of Opko Health Inc (OPK, Financial) Phillip Md Et Al Frost bought 130,500 shares during the past week at an average price of $9.03. Opko Health was originally incorporated in Delaware in October 1991 under the name Cytoclonal Pharmaceutics. Opko Health Inc has a market cap of $3.74 billion; its shares were traded at around $9.03 with and P/S ratio of 39.26. Opko Health Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 4.40% over the past 10 years.

George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) owns 1,494,800 shares as of 03/31/2014, an increase of 76.98% from the previous quarter. This position accounts for 0.14% of the $10.12 billion portfolio of Soros Fund Management LLC. Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) owns 15,000 shares as of 03/31/2014, which accounts for 0.0008% of the $18.53 billion portfolio of GAMCO Investors.

Vice Chairman & CTO Jane Ph D Hsiao bought 10,000 shares of OPK stock on April 14 at the average price of 8.03. Jane Ph D Hsiao owns at least 36,828,758 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 12.45% since.

Jive Software Inc (JIVE, Financial): Chairman & CEO Anthony Zingale Bought 100,000 Shares

Chairman & CEO of Jive Software Inc (JIVE, Financial) Anthony Zingale bought 100,000 shares on June 10 at an average price of $8.26. Jive Software Inc was incorporated in the state of Delaware in February 2001. Jive Software Inc has a market cap of $581.142 million; its shares were traded at around $8.26 with and P/S ratio of 3.69.

Jive Software recently reported its first quarter 2014 financial results. Total revenue for the first quarter was $41.0 million, an increase of 21% on a year-over-year basis. Within total revenue, product revenue was $37.4 million for the first quarter, an increase of 22% on a year-over-year basis.

Senior VP, Worldwide Sales John Mccracken sold 15,000 shares of JIVE stock on January 15 at the average price of 10.03. John Mccracken owns at least 180,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 17.65% since.

CyrusOne Inc (CONE, Financial): President and CEO Gary Wojtaszek Bought 20,000 Shares

President and CEO of CyrusOne Inc (CONE, Financial) Gary Wojtaszek bought 20,000 shares during the past week at an average price of $22.51. CyrusOne Inc is an owner, operator and developer of enterprise-class, carrier-neutral data center properties. Cyrusone Inc has a market cap of $510.491 million; its shares were traded at around $22.51 with and P/S ratio of 1.67. The dividend yield of Cyrusone Inc stocks is 3.07%.

Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) owns 30,000 shares as of March 31, an increase of 50% from the previous quarter. This position accounts for 0.0034% of the $18.53 billion portfolio of GAMCO Investors. Ron Baron (Trades, Portfolio) owns 629,641 shares as of 03/31/2014, which accounts for 0.053% of the $24.55 billion portfolio of Baron Funds.