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:
Genesis Energy LP (
GEL
): CEO Grant E. Sims Bought 216,334 Shares
CEO of Genesis Energy LP, Grant E. Sims bought 216,334 shares on
10/05/2012 at an average price of $33.19. Genesis operates crude
oil common carrier pipelines and is an independent gatherer and
marketer of crude oil in North America, with operations
concentrated in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi
and New Mexico. Genesis has a market cap of $2.69 billion; its
shares were traded at around $33.19 with a P/E ratio of 35.3 and
a P/S ratio of 0.9. The dividend yield of Genesis stocks is 5.4
percent and it had an annual average earnings growth of 6.1
percent over the past 10 years.
Genesis Energy recently reported its second quarter 2012
financial results. For the second quarter of 2012, the company
generated a record total available cash before reserves of $43.2
million, an increase of $11.3 million, or 35 percent, over the
second quarter of 2011.
Mario Gabelli
owns 35,200 shares as of 06/30/2012, a decrease of 23.48 percent
of from the previous quarter. This position accounts for 0.0077
percent of the $13.31 billion portfolio of GAMCO Investors.
Director
James E. Davison
bought 540,547 shares of GEL stock on 10/05/2012 at the average
price of $30. Davison owns at least 3,550,803 shares after this.
The price of the stock has increased by 10.63 percent since.
There are mixed trades from other insiders.
Winmark Corporation (
WINA
): Chairman and CEO, 10% Owner John L. Morgan Bought 2,000
Shares
Chairman and CEO, and 10% Owner of Winmark Corporation (
WINA
), John L. Morgan bought 2,000 shares on 10/10/2012 at an average
price of $51.53. Winmark Corporation is a company that franchises
seven retail concepts, which buy, sell, trade and consign
merchandise. Winmark Corporation has a market cap of $267.9
million; its shares were traded at around $51.53 with a P/E ratio
of 18.9 and a P/S ratio of 5.2. The dividend yield of Winmark
Corporation stocks is 0.3 percent. Winmark Corporation had an
annual average earnings growth of 15.5 percent over the past 10
years.
Joel Greenblatt owns 3,926 shares as of 06/30/2012, a decrease of
51.61 percent from the previous quarter. This position accounts
for 0.017 percent of the $1.36 billion portfolio of Gotham
Capital.
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services (
LTS
): President and CEO Richard Lampen Bought 10,000 Shares
President and CEO of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services (
LTS
) Richard Lampen bought 10,000 shares on 10/10/2012 at an average
price of $1.23. Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services is a
holding company engaged in the retail and institutional
securities brokerage business and, through its subsidiary GBI
Capital Partners, Inc. Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services has
a market cap of $233.5 million; its shares were traded at around
$1.23 with and a P/S ratio of 0.8.
Second quarter 2012 revenues were at $163.4 million, a 171
percent increase from revenues of $60.2 million in the second
quarter of 2011. Net loss for the second quarter was $5 million
or $0.03 per basic and diluted share as compared to net income of
$200,000 in the comparable 2011 period.
Director, 10% Owner Phillip Frost Md Et Al bought 20,000 shares
of LTS stock on 10/11/2012 at the average price of $1.25. Phillip
Frost Md Et Al owns at least 54,087,130 shares after this. The
price of the stock has decreased by 1.6 percent since.
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