Weekly CFO Buys Highlight: SCIL, RXN, RICK, APU, STAG

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Apr 09, 2012
This are this week's top CFO buys:


Scientific Learning (SCIL, Financial): CFO Robert E. Feller Bought 5,780 Shares


CFO of Scientific Learning (SCIL) Robert E. Feller bought 5,780 shares on 03/28/2012 at an average price of $1.73. Scientific Learning Corp. develops, markets and sells proprietary software and other educational products and services. Scientific Learning has a market cap of $33.6 million; its shares were traded at around $1.76 with and P/S ratio of 0.8.


CEO David Andrew Myers, CFO Robert E. Feller, and Director Shari Simon bought 1,445 shares of SCIL stock.


Rexnord LLC (RXN, Financial): SVP & CFO Mark W Peterson Bought 3,000 Shares


Senior Vice President and CFO of Rexnord LLC (RXN) Mark W. Peterson bought 3,000 shares on 03/29/2012 at an average price of $18. Rexnord Corporation is an industrial company comprised of two platforms: Process & Motion Control and Water Management..


Rexnord LLC reported financial results for the second quarter 2012. Net sales increased 10% from the prior year second quarter to $455 million. Income from operations increased 13% from the prior year second quarter to $62 million; income from operations as a percent of net sales increased 30 basis points year over year to 13.5% of net sales


President and CEO Todd A. Adams, Senior Vice President and CFO Mark W. Peterson, and Executive Vice President Corp. and Business Development Praveen R. Jeyarajah bought shares of RXN stock.


Ricks Cabaret (RICK, Financial): CFO Phillip Kent Marshall Bought 1,000 Shares


CFO of Ricks Cabaret (RICK) Phillip Kent Marshall bought 1,000 shares on 04/04/2012 at an average price of $9.55. Rick's Cabaret International, Inc. currently owns and operates premiere adult nightclubs offering adult entertainment and restaurant and bar operations. Ricks Cabaret has a market cap of $90.2 million; its shares were traded at around $9.46 with a P/E ratio of 10 and P/S ratio of 1.1. Ricks Cabaret had an annual average earnings growth of 19.6% over the past 10 years.


Rick’s Cabaret International Inc. reported a 12.5 percent increase in revenues from its nightclubs for the first fiscal quarter ending Dec. 31, 2011. Sales rose to $21.7 million from $19.3 million.


CFO Phillip Kent Marshall bought shares of RICK stock.


AmeriGas Partners (APU, Financial): CFO John S. Iannarelli Bought 470 Shares


CFO of AmeriGas Partners (APU) John S. Iannarelli bought 470 shares on 03/28/2012 at an average price of $40.38. AmeriGas Partners, with its subsidiary, AmeriGas Propane LP AmeriGas Partner has a market cap of $3.48 billion; its shares were traded at around $40.17 with a P/E ratio of 26.1 and P/S ratio of 1.4. The dividend yield of AmeriGas Partner stocks is 7.5%. AmeriGas Partner had an annual average earnings growth of 4% over the past 10 years.


AmeriGas Propane Inc. reported net income attributable to AmeriGas Partners LP for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 ended Dec. 31, 2011 of $42.5 million compared to $74.9 million for the same period last year.


CFO John S. Iannarelli, Chairman & Director Lon R. Greenberg, and Chief Accounting Officer William J. Stanczak bought shares of APU stock.


Stag Industrial (STAG, Financial): CFO, Executive Vice President and Treasurer Gregory W. Sullivan Bought 500 Shares


CFO, Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Stag Industrial (STAG) Gregory W. Sullivan bought 500 shares during the past week at an average price of $13.59. STAG Industrial Inc. operates as a real estate company focused on the acquisition, ownership and management of single-tenant industrial properties throughout the U.S. Stag Industrial has a market cap of $223.2 million; its shares were traded at around $13.9 with a P/E ratio of 14.6 and P/S ratio of 4.2. The dividend yield of Stag Industrial stocks is 7.5%.


Chairman, CEO and President Benjamin S. Butcher, CFO, Executive Vice President and Treasurer Gregory W. Sullivan, and Executive Vice President and General Counsel Kathryn Arnone bought shares of STAG stock.


For the complete list of stocks that bought by their CFOs, go to: Insider Buys.