Weekly CFO Buys Highlight: GSB, SHO, ZBB, KOG, NEON

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Jun 20, 2011
According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the largest CFO buys during the past week are GlobalSCAPE Inc., Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc., ZBB Energy, Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., and Neonode Inc.


GlobalSCAPE Inc. (GSB, Financial): CFO Thomas Randall Hawkins Bought 25,000 Shares


CFO of GlobalSCAPE Inc. (GSB) Thomas Randall Hawkins bought 25,000 shares on 06/09/2011 at an average price of $2.03. GlobalSCAPE Inc., a provider of global managed file transfer solutions and wide-area file services technologies, delivers a modular approach to solving the enterprise challenges of security, bandwidth, latency and regulatory compliance. GlobalSCAPE Inc. has a market cap of $38.5 million; its shares were traded at around $2.15 with a P/E ratio of 71.6 and P/S ratio of 2.1.


GlobalSCAPE Inc. announced financial results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2011, ending March 31, 2011. Revenue was $4.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, an increase of 5% when compared with revenue of $4.4 million in the same quarter last year. Net income for the first quarter was $59,000, or $0.00 per diluted share, compared with net income of $364,000, or $0.02 per diluted share, in the same quarter last year.


CFO Thomas Randall Hawkins, COO Craig A Robinson, and Exec VP of Sales William E. Buie bought shares of GSB stock.


Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. (SHO, Financial): Executive Vice President - CFO John V. Arabia Bought 25,000 Shares


Executive Vice President - CFO of Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. (SHO) John V. Arabia bought 25,000 shares on 06/14/2011 at an average price of $8.97. Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. is a Southern California-based lodging real estate company that expects to qualify as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. has a market cap of $1.06 billion; its shares were traded at around $8.93 with a P/E ratio of 15.1 and P/S ratio of 1.6.


Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. Total revenue was $162.6 million.


Executive Vice President - CFO John V. Arabia, President Kenneth Edward Cruse, and Executive Chairman Robert A. Alter bought shares of SHO stock.


ZBB Energy (ZBB, Financial): CFO William C. Hogoboom Bought 21,739 Shares


CFO of ZBB Energy (ZBB) William C. Hogoboom bought 21,739 shares on 06/14/2011 at an average price of $0.92. ZBB Energy Corporation develops and manufactures distributed energy storage solutions based on the company's proprietary zinc-bromine rechargeable electrical energy storage technology. ZBB Energy has a market cap of $25.2 million; its shares were traded at around $0.9405 with and P/S ratio of 16.2.


ZBB Energy Corporation reported its results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. Net loss on the basis of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) was $2,868,789 or $0.12 per share in the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared with $2,021,704 or $0.16 per share in the quarter ended March 31, 2010. Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were $205,971 and $188,780.


CEO, President Eric C Apfelbach, CFO William C. Hogoboom, and Director Richard A. Abdoo bought shares of ZBB stock.


Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (KOG, Financial): CFO, Treasurer & Secretary James P. Henderson Bought 16,450 Shares


CFO, Treasurer & Secretary of Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (KOG) James P. Henderson bought 16,450 shares on 06/07/2011 at an average price of $6.08. Kodiak Oil & Gas, headquartered in Denver, is an independent energy exploration and development company focused on exploring, developing and producing oil and natural gas in the Williston and Greater Green River Basins in the US. Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. has a market cap of $994.4 million; its shares were traded at around $5.55 with a P/E ratio of 185 and P/S ratio of 40.


Helix Biopharma Cp Ordinary Shares declared financial results for the quarter finished April 30, 2011. The company reported a loss of $2,939,000 and $8,733,000, respectively for the three and nine month periods finished April 30, 2011 for a loss per common share of $0.05 and $0.14, correspondingly. In the relative three and nine month periods finished April 30, 2010, the company posted a loss of $4,200,000 and $11,348,000, respectively for the three and nine month periods finished April 30, 2010, for a loss per common share of $0.07 and $0.19, correspondingly.


CFO/Treasurer/Secretary James P. Henderson bought shares of KOG stock.


Chairman, Exec VP, COO James E. Catlin sold shares of KOG stock.


Neonode Inc. (NEON, Financial): VP Finance & CFO David W. Brunton Bought 10,500 Shares


VP Finance & CFO of Neonode Inc. (NEON) David W. Brunton bought 10,500 shares during the past week at an average price of $3. Neonode is a company that designs, develops and sells patented technologies and products focused on unique user experiences.


VP Finance & CFO David W. Brunton bought shares of NEON stock.


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