Weekly CEO Buys: Ryman Hospitality, OPKO Health, Actuant Corp.

- By Joy Hu

According to GuruFocus Insider Data, these are the largest CEO buys during the past week. The overall trend of purchases is illustrated in the chart below:


Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc.: Chairman and CEO Colin V. Reed bought 7,377 shares

Reed bought 7,377 shares on July 15, 2016 at a price of $53.44.

Ryman Hospitality operates as real estate investment trust specializing in group-oriented, destination hotel assets in urban and resort markets. Ryman Hospitality has a market cap of $2.71 billion; as of July 15, its shares traded at $53.78 with a P/E ratio of 20.84.

The price of the stock has increased by 0.64% since Reed bought the stock.

OPKO Health Inc.: CEO, Chairman and 10% owner Phillip Frost bought 25,800 shares

Frost bought 25,800 shares during the past week at a price of $9.72.

OPKO Health was originally incorporated in Delaware in October 1991 under the name Cytoclonal Pharmaceutics Inc. The company is a multi-national biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company. OPKO Health has a market cap of $5.45 billion; as of July 15, its shares were traded at $9.95 with a P/E ratio of 68.15.

Consolidated revenues for the first fiscal quarter ended March 31 increased to $291.0 million from $30.1 million in the year-ago quarter. Net loss for the first quarter was $12.0 million compared with net loss of $117.1 milion for the 2015 period.

Frost bought 21,000 shares of OPK stock on June 27 at a price of $8.88 per share and 12,800 shares on June 29 at a price of $9.24 per share. The price of the stock has increased by 3.11% since.

Actuant Corp.: President and CEO Randal W. Baker bought 10,795 shares

Baker bought 10,795 shares on July 11 at a price of $23.14.

Actuant was incorporated in 1910 as a Wisconsin corporation. It is a diversified company that designs, manufactures and distributes various industrial products and systems. Actuant has a market cap of $1.42 billion; as of July 15, its shares traded at $24.08.

Consolidated sales for the third quarter were $305 million, 5% lower than the $320 million in the comparable prior year quarter. Fiscal 2016 third quarter net earnings were $21.2 million, or 36 cents per share compared to $38.0 million or 63 cents per share in the comparable prior year period.

The price of the stock has increased by 4.06% since Baker bought the stock.

For the complete list of stocks that were bought by their company CEOs, go to: CEO Buys.

This article first appeared on GuruFocus.


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