According to
GuruFocus Insider Data
, these are the largest CEO sales during the past week: Church
& Dwight, CPI Aerostructure, BPZ Resources, and Synopsys Inc.
Church & Dwight (
CHD
): Chairman and CEO James Craigie sold 250,000 Shares
Chairman and CEO of Church & Dwight (
CHD
) James Craigie sold 250,000 shares on 06/12/2012 at an average
price of $53.57. Church & Dwight Co, Inc. is the world's
producer of sodium bicarbonate, (baking soda), a versatile
chemical which performs a broad range of functions such as
cleaning, deodorizing, leavening and buffering. Church &
Dwight has a market cap of $7.47 billion; its shares were traded
at around $53.05 with a P/E ratio of 23.4 and P/S ratio of 2.7.
The dividend yield of Church & Dwight stocks is 1.8%. Church
& Dwight had an annual average earnings growth of 15.9% over
the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Church & Dwight
the business predictability rank of 3.5-star
.
Church & Dwight reported their 2012 first quarter results.
The Company anounced that net sales increased 7.5% to $690.6
million and net income of $95.8 million or $0.66 per share.
Chairman and CEO
James Craigie
sold 250,000 shares of CHD stock on 06/12/2012 at the average
price of 53.57. EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary
Maynadier Patrick D De
bought 2,000 shares of CHD stock on 05/14/2012 at the average
price of 52.99. Executive V.P. Human Resources Jacquelin J Brova,
Executive V.P., Global R&D Paul A Siracusa, Director Arthur B
Winkleblack, and Executive VP Global New Pdcts Steven P Cugine
sold 53,504 shares of CHD stock in May and June.
CPI Aerostructure (
CVU
): President & CEO Edward J Fred sold 200,000 Shares
President & CEO of CPI Aerostructure (
CVU
) Edward J Fred sold 200,000 shares on 06/08/2012 at an average
price of $12. CPI Aerostructures, Inc. is comprised of two
distinct entities: CPI Aerostructures, Inc. CPI Aerostructure has
a market cap of $84.1 million; its shares were traded at around
$11.95 with a P/E ratio of 10.8 and P/S ratio of 1.1.
Revenues were $19.7 million for the first quarter of 2012. Net
income for CPI Aerostructure was $1.9 million.
President & CEO Edward J Fred sold 200,000 shares of CVU
stock on 06/08/2012 at the average price of 12. CFO Vincent
Palazzolo sold 15,000 shares of CVU stock on 06/08/2012 at the
average price of 12. COO Douglas Mccrosson, Director Walter
Paulick, Director Kenneth Mcsweeney, and Director Harvey J Bazaar
sold 90,000 shares of CVU stock on 06/08/2012.
BPZ Resources (
BPZ
): President & CEO Pflucker Manuel Pablo Zuniga sold 100,000
Shares
President & CEO of BPZ Resources (
BPZ
) Pflucker Manuel Pablo Zuniga sold 100,000 shares on 06/12/2012
at an average price of $2.51. BPZ Resources is an oil and gas
exploration and production company with properties in northwest
Peru and Ecuador. Bpz Resources has a market cap of $331.2
million; its shares were traded at around $2.49 with and P/S
ratio of 2.3.
BPZ Resources reported total net revenue of $36.6 million and net
loss of $27.3 million in their 2012 first quarter financial
results.
President & CEO Pflucker Manuel Pablo Zuniga sold 100,000
shares of BPZ stock on 06/12/2012 at the average price of 2.51.
Director Stephen C Beasley, COO Richard James Spies�
and Director James B Taylor bought 55,000 shares of BPZ stock in
May.
Synopsys Inc (
SNPS
): Chairman of the Board & co-CEO Geus Aart De sold 310,959
Shares
Chairman of the Board & co-CEO of Synopsys Inc (
SNPS
) Geus Aart De sold 310,959 shares during the past week at an
average price of $29.46. Synopsys, Inc. is one of the suppliers
of electronic design automation software to the global
electronics industry. Synopsys Inc has a market cap of $4.3
billion; its shares were traded at around $29.02 with a P/E ratio
of 16.7 and P/S ratio of 2.8. Synopsys Inc had an annual average
earnings growth of 12.3% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated
Synopsys Inc the business predictability rank of 3-star.
Synopsys Inc. announced their financial results for their 2012
second quarter fiscal year. The Company has reported that revenue
was $432.6 million, a 10% increase compared to the $393.7 million
for the 2011 second quarter fiscal. Net income for this quarter
was $21.0 million, or $0.14 per share.
Chairman of the Board & co-CEO Geus Aart De sold 376,959
shares of SNPS stock in February and June. CFO Brian M Beattie
sold 132,000 shares of SNPS stock in February, March, May, and
June. Director Chrysostomos L Nikias bought 1,800 shares of SNPS
stock on 03/16/2012 at the average price of 30.27. VP, Controller
Esfandiar Naddaf and Pres & COO Chi-foon Chan sold 173,956
shares of SNPS stock in March, April and May.
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