Weekly CEO Buys Highlight: TITN, OPK, LDOS, FSFR, BRX

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Sep 16, 2014
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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:

Titan Machinery Inc (TITN, Financial): Chairman and CEO, 10% Owner David Joseph Meyer Bought 90,250 Shares

Chairman and CEO, 10% Owner of Titan Machinery Inc (TITN) David Joseph Meyer bought 90,250 shares on 09/10/2014 at an average price of $13.01. Titan Machinery is incorporated in Delaware. Titan Machinery has a market cap of $282.700 million; its shares were traded at around $13.01 with a P/E ratio of 619.50 and P/S ratio of 0.12. Titan Machinery had an annual average earnings growth of 17.10% over the past 5 years.

TITN recently reported its second quarter fiscal 2015 results. For the second quarter of fiscal 2015, revenue was $451.0 million, compared to $488.2 million in the second quarter last year. Equipment sales were $320.1 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2015, compared to $358.4 million in the second quarter last year.

Richard Snow (Trades, Portfolio) owns 232,545 shares as of 06/30/2014, which accounts for 0.13% of the $2.88 billion portfolio of Snow Capital Management, L.P.. Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) owns 16,500 shares as of 06/30/2014, which accounts for 0.0014% of the $19.12 billion portfolio of GAMCO Investors.

Opko Health Inc (OPK, Financial): CEO & Chairman, 10% Owner Phillip Md Et Al Frost Bought 80,700 Shares

CEO & Chairman, 10% Owner of Opko Health Inc (OPK) Phillip Md Et Al Frost bought 80,700 shares during the past week at an average price of $8.50. Opko Health, Inc. was originally incorporated in Delaware in October 1991 under the name Cytoclonal Pharmaceutics, Inc. Opko Health Inc has a market cap of $3.64 billion; its shares were traded at around $8.50 with and P/S ratio of 38.64. Opko Health Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 4.40% over the past 10 years.

OPK recently reported its second quarter 2014 financial results. At June 30, 2014, OPKO had cash and cash equivalents of $134.0 million providing OPKO with adequate liquidity to continue the development of its product candidates.

Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) owns 15,000 shares as of 06/30/2014, which accounts for 0.0007% of the $19.12 billion portfolio of GAMCO Investors. George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) owns 235,600 shares as of 06/30/2014, a decrease of 84.24% of from the previous quarter. This position accounts for 0.016% of the $13.27 billion portfolio of Soros Fund Management LLC.

Vice Chairman & CTO Jane Ph D Hsiao bought 10,000 shares of OPK stock on 04/15/2014 at the average price of 8.03. Jane Ph D Hsiao owns at least 21,338,212 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 5.85% since.

Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS, Financial): CEO Roger A Krone Bought 15,000 Shares

CEO of Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) Roger A Krone bought 15,000 shares on 09/12/2014 at an average price of $35.25. SAIC, Inc. is a Delaware corporation. It is a provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services and solutions to all branches of the U. Leidos Holdings Inc has a market cap of $2.61 billion; its shares were traded at around $35.25 with and P/S ratio of 0.52. The dividend yield of Leidos Holdings Inc stocks is 3.60%.

Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) bought 53,091 shares in the quarter that ended on 06/30/2014, which is 0.025% of the $7.99 billion portfolio of Gotham Asset Management, LLC. John Keeley (Trades, Portfolio) owns 8,100 shares as of 06/30/2014, which accounts for 0.0056% of the $5.57 billion portfolio of Keeley Asset Management Corp. Private Capital (Trades, Portfolio) owns 170,976 shares as of 06/30/2014, which accounts for 0.75% of the $873 million portfolio of Private Capital (Trades, Portfolio) Management.

Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp (FSFR, Financial): CEO Leonard M Tannenbaum Bought 32,049 Shares

CEO of Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp (FSFR) Leonard M Tannenbaum bought 32,049 shares on 09/09/2014 at an average price of $11.77. Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate is a business development company formed in May 2013 as a Delaware corporation and structured as an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate has a market cap of $77.600 million; its shares were traded at around $11.77 . The dividend yield of Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate stocks is 8.60%.

CFO Richard A Petrocelli bought 1,000 shares of FSFR stock on 08/25/2014 at the average price of 12.44. Richard A Petrocelli owns at least 2,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 5.39% since.

Brixmor Property Group Inc (BRX, Financial): CEO Michael A Carroll Bought 15,000 Shares

CEO of Brixmor Property Group Inc (BRX) Michael A Carroll bought 15,000 shares on 09/12/2014 at an average price of $22.98. Brixmor Property Group has a market cap of $5.58 billion; its shares were traded at around $22.98 with a P/E ratio of 1945.00 and P/S ratio of 4.30. The dividend yield of Brixmor Property Group stocks is 2.30%.

BRX recently announced its second quarter 2014 financial results. For the second quarter of 2014, Brixmor reported FFO attributable to stockholders and non-controlling interests convertible into common stock of $140.1 million, or $0.46 per diluted share, up 12.2% on a diluted per share basis from $125.9 million, or $0.41 per diluted share, on a pro forma basis in the second quarter of 2013.

John Paulson (Trades, Portfolio) owns 2,229,800 shares as of 06/30/2014, a decrease of 25.53% of from the previous quarter. This position accounts for 0.22% of the $23.08 billion portfolio of Paulson & Co.

Director Anthony W Deering bought 20,950 shares of BRX stock on 09/10/2014 at the average price of 23.55. Anthony W Deering owns at least 50,700 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.42% since.