Weekly CEO Buys Highlight: NEP, OPK, EXXI, ISTR

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Jul 07, 2014

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

NextEra Energy Partners LP (NEP, Financial): Chairman & CEO of GP James L Robo Bought 143,576 Shares

Chairman & CEO of GP of NextEra Energy Partners LP (NEP, Financial) James L Robo bought 143,576 shares on 07/01/2014 at an average price of $34.61. Nextera Energy Partners Lp has a market cap of $3.22 billion; its shares were traded at around $34.61 with and P/S ratio of 19.10.

NEP recently reported 2014 first-quarter net income on a GAAP basis of $430 million, or $0.98 per share, compared with $272 million, or $0.64 per share, in the first quarter of 2013.

CFO of GP Moray P Dewhurst bought 25,000 shares of NEP stock on 07/01/2014 at the average price of 25. Moray P Dewhurst owns at least 25,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 38.44% since.

Opko Health Inc (OPK, Financial): CEO & Chairman, 10% Owner Phillip Md Et Al Frost Bought 63,000 Shares

CEO & Chairman, 10% Owner of Opko Health Inc (OPK, Financial) Phillip Md Et Al Frost bought 63,000 shares during the past week at an average price of $8.95. Opko Health, Inc. was originally incorporated in Delaware in October 1991 under the name Cytoclonal Pharmaceutics, Inc. Opko Health Inc has a market cap of $3.7 billion; its shares were traded at around $8.95 with and P/S ratio of 38.91. Opko Health Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 4.40% over the past 10 years.

Opko recently reported its first quarter 2014 financial results. Net loss attributable to common shareholders increased to $45.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $34.6 million in the comparable period of 2013.

George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) owns 1,494,800 shares as of 03/31/2014, an increase of 76.98% from the previous quarter. This position accounts for 0.14% of the $10.12 billion portfolio of Soros Fund Management LLC. Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) owns 15,000 shares as of 03/31/2014, which accounts for 0.0008% of the $18.53 billion portfolio of GAMCO Investors.

Vice Chairman & CTO Jane Ph D Hsiao bought 10,000 shares of OPK stock on 04/15/2014 at the average price of 8.03. Jane Ph D Hsiao owns at least 36,828,758 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 11.46% since

Energy XXI (Bermuda) Ltd (EXXI, Financial): Chairman and CEO John D Jr Schiller Bought 1,058 Shares

Chairman and CEO of Energy XXI (Bermuda) Ltd (EXXI, Financial) John D Jr Schiller bought 1,058 shares on 06/30/2014 at an average price of $23.19. Energy XXI (Bermuda) Ltd was incorporated in Bermuda on July 25, 2005. Energy Xxi (bermuda) Ltd has a market cap of $1.63 billion; its shares were traded at around $23.19 with a P/E ratio of 17.00 and P/S ratio of 1.48. The dividend yield of Energy Xxi (bermuda) Ltd stocks is 2.10%.

David Dreman (Trades, Portfolio) owns 212,380 shares as of 03/31/2014, an increase of 41.51% from the previous quarter. This position accounts for 0.39% of the $1.29 billion portfolio of Dreman Value Management. Jean-Marie Eveillard (Trades, Portfolio) owns 13,690 shares as of 03/31/2014, which accounts for 0.0009% of the $37.72 billion portfolio of First Eagle Investment Management, LLC. Leon Cooperman (Trades, Portfolio) owns 1,400,383 shares as of 03/31/2014, which accounts for 0.44% of the $7.54 billion portfolio of Omega Advisors.

CFO David West Griffin bought 1,058 shares of EXXI stock on 06/30/2014 at the average price of 20.09. David West Griffin owns at least 261,764 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 15.43% since.

Investar Holding Corp (ISTR, Financial): CEO John J D'angelo Bought 1,071 Shares

CEO of Investar Holding Corp (ISTR, Financial) John J D'angelo bought 1,071 shares on 06/30/2014 at an average price of $14.05. Investar Holding Corp has a market cap of $95.800 million; its shares were traded at around $14.05 with a P/E ratio of 17.30 and P/S ratio of 2.20.

Director Thomas C Besselman Sr bought 5,000 shares of ISTR stock on 07/01/2014 at the average price of 14.43. Thomas C Besselman Sr owns at least 87,376 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.63% since.