Weekly CEO Buys Highlight: NRP, SFXE, OPK, EPE, OMN

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Oct 12, 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:

Natural Resources Partners LP (NRP, Financial): Chairman and CEO, 10% Owner Corbin J Jr Robertson Bought 270,383 Shares

Chairman and CEO, 10% Owner of Natural Resources Partners LP (NRP, Financial) Corbin J Jr Robertson bought 270,383 shares on 10/10/2014 at an average price of $11.81. Natural Resource Partners L.P., is a limited partnership formed in April 2002. Natural Resources Partners Lp has a market cap of $1.31 billion; its shares were traded at around $11.81 with a P/E ratio of 9.00 and P/S ratio of 3.74. The dividend yield of Natural Resources Partners Lp stocks is 13.55%.

NRP recently announced its second quarter 2014 financial results. The company reported revenues of $90.6 million for the second quarter of 2014 compared to $86.8 million for the second quarter of 2013, and distributable cash flow, a non-GAAP measure, of $64.9 million compared to $90.7 million for the second quarter of 2013.

John Keeley (Trades, Portfolio) owns 30,620 shares as of 06/30/2014, an increase of 13.96% from the previous quarter. This position accounts for 0.0091% of the $5.57 billion portfolio of Keeley Asset Management Corp.

Director Corbin J Robertson Iii bought 83,194 shares of NRP stock on 10/10/2014 at the average price of 12.02. Corbin J Robertson Iii owns at least 1,479,216 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.75% since.

SFX Entertainment Inc (SFXE, Financial): CEO and Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner Robert F X Sillerman Bought 575,000 Shares

CEO and Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner of SFX Entertainment Inc (SFXE, Financial) Robert F X Sillerman bought 575,000 shares on 10/08/2014 at an average price of $4.35. Sfx Entertainment Inc has a market cap of $388.233 million; its shares were traded at around $4.35 with and P/S ratio of 1.39.

Ron Baron (Trades, Portfolio) owns 1,250,000 shares as of 06/30/2014, which accounts for 0.04% of the $25.19 billion portfolio of Baron Funds. George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) sold out his holdings in the quarter that ended on 06/30/2014.

Opko Health Inc (OPK, Financial): CEO & Chairman, 10% Owner Phillip Md Et Al Frost Bought 174,400 Shares

CEO & Chairman, 10% Owner of Opko Health Inc (OPK, Financial) Phillip Md Et Al Frost bought 174,400 shares during the past week at an average price of $8.16. 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 $3.5 billion; its shares were traded at around $8.16 with and P/S ratio of 37.09. Opko Health Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 4.40% over the past 10 years.

Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) owns 15,000 shares as of 06/30/2014, which accounts for 0.0007% of the $19.12 billion portfolio of GAMCO Investors. George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) owns 235,600 shares as of 06/30/2014, a decrease of 84.24% of from the previous quarter. This position accounts for 0.016% of the $13.27 billion portfolio of Soros Fund Management LLC.

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 21,338,212 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.62% since.

EP Energy Corp (EPE, Financial): Chairman, President & CEO Brent J Smolik Bought 64,770 Shares

Chairman, President & CEO of EP Energy Corp (EPE, Financial) Brent J Smolik bought 64,770 shares during the past week at an average price of $14.53. Ep Energy Corp has a market cap of $3.57 billion; its shares were traded at around $14.53 with a P/E ratio of 16.60 and P/S ratio of 2.09.

EP Energy reported $0.23 Adjusted EPS and $1.19 Discretionary Cash Flow Per Share for the second quarter 2014. Adjusted EBITDAX for the second quarter of 2014 was $372 million, up significantly from $264 million in the second quarter of 2013 due primarily to higher oil volumes which also contributed to approximately 17 percent higher Adjusted EBITDAX Margin Per Unit for the second quarter of 2014.

George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) bought 133,900 shares in the quarter that ended on 06/30/2014, which is 0.023% of the $13.27 billion portfolio of Soros Fund Management LLC.

EVP & CFO Dane E Whitehead bought 15,000 shares of EPE stock on 10/09/2014 at the average price of 15.08. Dane E Whitehead owns at least 159,511 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 3.65% since.

Omnova Solutions Inc (OMN, Financial): Chairman of Board & CEO & Pres Kevin M Mcmullen Bought 23,150 Shares

Chairman of Board & CEO & Pres of Omnova Solutions Inc (OMN, Financial) Kevin M Mcmullen bought 23,150 shares on 10/06/2014 at an average price of $5.15. Omnova Solutions, Inc. became an independent publicly-traded company on October 1, 1999. Omnova Solutions Inc has a market cap of $244.226 million; its shares were traded at around $5.15 with a P/E ratio of 16.60 and P/S ratio of 0.25. Omnova Solutions Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 17.70% over the past 10 years.

Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) owns 1,460,675 shares as of 06/30/2014, which accounts for 0.069% of the $19.12 billion portfolio of GAMCO Investors. Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) owns 27,644 shares as of 06/30/2014, a decrease of 39.79% of from the previous quarter. This position accounts for 0.0031% of the $7.99 billion portfolio of Gotham Asset Management, LLC.

Sr VP CFO Paul F Desantis bought 11,000 shares of OMN stock on 09/30/2014 at the average price of 5.57. Paul F Desantis owns at least 36,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 7.54% since.