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:
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (
APD
): Chairman, President and CEO John E. Mcglade Bought 6,000
Shares
Chairman, president and CEO of Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (
APD
) John E. Mcglade bought 6,000 shares on 10/31/2012 at an average
price of $0.11. Air Products and Chemicals has established an
internationally recognized industrial gas and related industrial
process equipment business, and developed strong positions as a
producer of certain chemicals.
Air Products and Chemicals has a market cap of $16.5 billion; its
shares were traded at $78.15 with a P/E ratio of 14.2 and a P/S
ratio of 1.7. The dividend yield of Air Products and Chemicals
stocks is 3.3%. Air Products and Chemicals had an annual average
earnings growth of 7.1% over the past 10 years.
APD recently reported a net income of $305 million and diluted
earnings per share (
EPS
) of $1.42 on a non-GAAP, continuing operations basis, for its
fiscal fourth quarter ended 9/30/2012.
Chris Davis
owns 7,485,887 shares as of 6/30/2012, an increase of 104.85%
from the previous quarter. This position accounts for 1.4% of the
$43.07 billion portfolio of Davis Selected Advisers.
Mario Gabelli
owns 33,879 shares as of 6/30/2012, which accounts for 0.021% of
the $13.31 billion portfolio of GAMCO Investors.
Dodge & Cox
owns 12,100 shares as of 6/30/2012, which accounts for 0.0013% of
the $73.36 billion portfolio of Dodge & Cox.
Director Lawrence S. Smith bought 5,000 shares of APD stock on
10/23/2012 at the average price of $77.36. Smith owns at least
9,850 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by
1.02% since.
Procter & Gamble Co. (
PG
): Chairman of the Board, President and CEO Robert A. McDonald
Bought 5,564 Shares
Chairman of the board, president and CEO of Procter & Gamble
Co. (
PG
) Robert A. McDonald bought 5,564 shares on 10/26/2012 at an
average price of $5.15. Procter & Gamble is engaged in the
manufacture and sale of a range of branded consumer packaged
goods. Procter & Gamble has a market cap of $191.49 billion;
its shares were traded at around $69.19 with a P/E ratio of 17.7
and a P/S ratio of 2.3. The dividend yield of Procter &
Gamble stocks is 3.2%. Procter & Gamble had an annual average
earnings growth of 6.5% over the past 10 years.
Bill Ackman bought 21,916,208 shares in the quarter that ended on
6/30/2012, which is 17.7% of the $7.59 billion portfolio of
Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. PRIMECAP Management owns
2,824,400 shares as of 6/30/2012, an increase of 46.73% from the
previous quarter. This position accounts for 0.29% of the $59.94
billion portfolio of PRIMECAP Management. John Burbank sold out
his holdings in the quarter that ended on 6/30/2012.
Vice chairman of Global Business Units Evriviades D.
Panayotopoulos sold 133,426 shares of PG stock on 8/31/2012 at
the average price of $66.97. Evriviades D Panayotopoulos owns at
least 277,157 shares after this. The price of the stock has
increased by 3.31% since. Other insiders have also decreased
their positions in the company.
Twin Disc, Inc. (
TWIN
): Chairman, CEO and 10% Owner Michael E. Batten Bought 15,000
Shares
Chairman, CEO and 10% owner of Twin Disc, Inc. (
TWIN
) Michael E. Batten bought 15,000 shares on 10/26/2012 at an
average price of $15.15. Twin Disc designs, manufactures and
sells heavy duty off-highway power transmission equipment. Twin
Disc has a market cap of $161.7 million; its shares were traded
at around $15.15 with a P/E ratio of 7.7 and P/S ratio of 0.5.
The dividend yield of Twin Disc stocks is 2.5%. Twin Disc had an
annual average earnings growth of 16.5% over the past 10 years.
Twin recently reported its first quarter fiscal 2013 financial
results. Sales for the first three months of fiscal 2013,
seasonally the weakest quarter of the fiscal year, declined to
$68,793,000, from a first quarter record of $81,330,000 for the
same period last year. The decrease in sales was primarily the
result of lower demand from customers in the pressure pumping
sector of the North American oil and gas market.
Mario Gabelli owns 636,500 shares as of 6/30/2012, an increase of
25.32% from the previous quarter. This position accounts for
0.088% of the $13.31 billion portfolio of GAMCO Investors. John
Keeley sold out his holdings in the quarter that ended on
06/30/2012.
Director David B. Rayburn sold 726 shares of Twin stock on
8/29/2012 at the average price of $18.38. Rayburn owns at least
21,253 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by
17.57% since.
CYS Investments Inc. (
CYS
): President, Chief Information Officer and CEO, President Kevin
E. Grant Bought 11,748 Shares
Chairman, chief information officer and CEO of CYS Investments
Inc. (
CYS
) Kevin E. Grant bought 11,748 shares on 10/26/2012 at an average
price of $13.21. CYS Investments is a specialty finance company
that invests on a leveraged basis in residential mortgage
pass-through securities for which the principal and interest
payments are guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae.
CYS Investments has a market cap of $2.21 billion; its shares
were traded at around $13.21 with a P/E ratio of 8.4 and a P/S
ratio of 9.5. The dividend yield of CYS Investments stocks is
13.6%.
CYS recently reported its third quarter 2012 financial results.
GAAP net income was $241.9 million, or $1.46 per diluted share.
Core earnings were $41.2 million, or $0.25 per diluted share.
Director Jeffrey Hughes sold 82,576 shares of CYS stock on
05/24/2012 at the average price of 13.8. Hughes owns at least
37,252 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by
4.28% since.
CoreLogic, Inc. (
CLGX
): President and CEO Anand K. Nallathambi Bought 5,000
Shares
President and CEO of CoreLogic, Inc. (
CLGX
) Anand K Nallathambi bought 5,000 shares on 10/26/2012 at an
average price of $23.22. CoreLogic, Inc., formerly known as First
American Corp., CoreLogic, Inc. has a market cap of $2.44
billion; its shares were traded at $23.22 with a P/E ratio of
17.3 and P/S ratio of 1.8.
John Keeley bought 693,500 shares in the quarter that ended on
6/30/2012, which is 0.29% of the $4.44 billion portfolio of
Keeley Fund Management. Joel Greenblatt bought 20,574 shares in
the quarter that ended on 6/30/2012, which is 0.028% of the $1.36
billion portfolio of Gotham Capital. Ray Dalio sold out his
holdings in the quarter that ended on 6/30/2012.
CLGX recently reported its third quarter 2012 financial results.
Revenues increased $61.3 million or 17.6% to $409.8 million for
the quarter ended 9/30/2012. The company repurchased 8.3 million
common shares during the quarter, and 10 million shares were
repurchased year-to-date.
Chief financial officer Frank Martell bought 5,000 shares of CLGX
stock on 10/26/2012 at the average price of $23.11. Frank Martell
owns at least 142,632 shares after this. The price of the stock
has increased by 0.48% since. There are mixed trades from other
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