According to
GuruFocus Insider Data
, these are the largest CFO buys during the past week. The
overall trend of CFOs is illustrated in the chart below:
TETRA Technologies Inc. (
TTI
): Senior Vice President and CFO Elijio V. Serrano Bought 31,800
Shares
Senior Vice President and CFO of Tetra Technologies Inc. (
TTI
) Elijio V. Serrano bought 31,800 shares on 11/19/2012 at an
average price of $6.34. TETRA Technologies Inc. is an energy
services company with an integrated chemicals operation that
supplies chemical products to energy markets, as well as other
markets. TETRA Technologies Inc. has a market cap of $535.32
million; its shares were traded at around $6.86 with a P/E ratio
of 14 and P/S ratio of 0.63. TETRA Technologies Inc. had an
annual average earnings growth of 6% over the past 10 years.
TETRA Technologies Inc. announced third quarter 2012 net income
from continuing operations attributable to TETRA stockholders of
$0.10 per fully diluted share compared to $0.02 per fully diluted
share reported in the third quarter of 2011. Consolidated
revenues for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2012 were $234 million
versus $201.4 million in the third quarter of 2011.
President and CEO
Stuart M. Brightman
, Senior Vice President and CFO
Elijio V. Serrano
and Director
William D. Sullivan
bought shares of TTI stock.
AdvanSource Biomaterials Corporation (
ASNB
): CFO David Crispino Volpe Bought 25,000 Shares
CFO of AdvanSource Biomaterials Corp. (
ASNB
) David Crispino Volpe bought 25,000 shares on 11/19/2012 at an
average price of $0.04. Advansource Biomaterials Corp. develops
advanced polymer materials which provide critical characteristics
in the design and development of medical devices. AdvanSource
Biomaterials Corp. has a market cap of $0.38 million; its shares
were traded at around $0.02 with and P/S ratio of 0.2.
AdvanSource Biomaterials Corp. announced financial results for
its fiscal 2011 third quarter ended Dec. 31, 2010. For the
trailing 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2010, total revenues decreased
to $1.9 million compared with $2.35 million for the comparable
trailing 12 month period ended Dec.31, 2009.
CEO Michael F. Adams and CFO David Crispino Volpe bought shares
of ASNB stock.
Prospect Capital Corporation (
PSEC
): CFO, CCO, Treasury and Secretary Brian H. Oswald Bought 19,500
Shares
CFO, CCO, Treasury and Secretary of Prospect Capital Corp. (
PSEC
) Brian H. Oswald bought 19,500 shares on 11/16/2012 at an
average price of $10.15. Prospect Capital Corp. is a closed-end
investment company that lends to and invests in private and
microcap public businesses. Prospect Capital Corp. has a market
cap of $1.78 billion; its shares were traded at around $10.71
with a P/E ratio of 6.65 and P/S ratio of 5.55. The dividend
yield of Prospect Capital Corp. stocks is 11.39%.
Prospect Capital Corp. announced financial results for our first
fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30, 2012. For the Sept. 2012 quarter,
net investment income ("NII") was $74.0 million or $0.46 per
weighted average number of shares for the quarter. Net asset
value per share on Sept.30, 2012 stood at $10.88 per share, an
increase of $0.05 per share from June 30, 2012, and an increase
of $0.47 per share from Sept. 30, 2011.
CFO, CCO, Treasury and Secretary Brian H. Oswald, Director Eugene
S. Stark, and COO M. Grier Eliasek bought shares of PSEC stock.
Xplore Technologies CP (
XPLR
): CFO Michael J Rapisand Bought 10,000 Shares
CFO of Xplore Tech CP (
XPLR
) Michael J. Rapisand bought 10,000 shares on 11/16/2012 at an
average price of $3.5. Xplore Technologies Corp. is engaged in
the business of developing integrating and marketing mobile
wireless Tablet PC computing systems.
CFO Michael J. Rapisand and Director, 10% Owner Philip S.
Sassower bought shares of XPLR stock.
LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. (
LF
): CFO Raymond L. Arthur Bought 10,000 Shares
CFO of LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. (
LF
) Raymond L. Arthur bought 10,000 shares on 11/14/2012 at an
average price of $7.69. LeapFrog Enterprises is a designer,
developer and marketer of innovative, technology-based
educational products and related proprietary content, dedicated
to making learning effective and engaging. LeapFrog Enterprises
Inc. has a market cap of $491.41 million; its shares were traded
at around $8.44 with a P/E ratio of 11.41 and P/S ratio of 1.08.
LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. announced financial results for the
third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2012. Third quarter 2012 net sales
were $193.1 million, up 28% compared to $150.8 million last year,
and included a 1% negative impact from changes in currency
exchange rates. Net income per diluted share was $0.60 for the
third quarter of 2012, up 71% or $0.25 per share compared to
$0.35 a year ago.
CEO John Barbour, CFO Raymond L. Arthur and Chief Marketing
Officer Gregory B. Ahearn bought shares of LF stock.
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