Weekly CFO Buys Highlights

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Aug 09, 2017
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According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the recent chief financial officer (CFO) buys were: QEP Resources Inc. (QEP, Financial), Del Frisco's Restaurant Group Inc. (DFRG, Financial) and Sienna Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (SNNA, Financial).

QEP Resources CFO bought 12,500 shares

Executive Vice President and CFO Richard J. Doleshek bought 12,500 shares for $7.91 per share on July 28. The stock price has decreased by 5.82%. The company has a market cap of $1.79 billion, and its shares were traded around $7.45. It has a price-sales (P/S) ratio of 1.12.

QEP Resources announced its second-quarter results with revenue of $383.7 million and gross profit of $230.6 million while the net income was $45.4 million. The 2016 total revenue was $1.38 billion, a 32% decrease from 2015. The 2016 gross profit was $752.7 million, a 12% decrease from the year prior. The 2016 net loss was $1.25 billion.

Director Julie Dill bought 5,000 shares for $8.49 per share on July 28. The stock price has decreased by 12.25%. Director Phillips S. Baker Jr. bought 7,000 shares for $8.29 per share on July 28. The stock price has decreased by 10.13%.

Del Frisco's Restaurant Group CFO bought 4,000 shares

CFO Neil H. Thomson bought 4,000 shares for $14.25 per share on July 30. The stock price has decreased by 0.7%. Del Frisco's Restaurant Group has a market cap of $298.958 million, and its shares were traded around $14.15. The company has a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.25 and P/S ratio of 0.94. Over the past five years, Del Frisco's Restaurant Group had an annual average earnings growth of 3.90%.

Del Frisco's Restaurant Group announced its second-quarter results with revenue of $82.3 million and gross profit of $18.44 million, while the net income was $2.09 million. The 2016 total revenue was $351.68 million, a 6% increase from 2015. The 2016 gross profit was $83.2 million, a 5% increase from the year prior. The 2016 net income was $17.77 million.

President and CEO Norman J. Abdallah bought 5,000 shares for $14.24 per share on July 28. The stock price has decreased by 0.63%. Vice President, Culinary Thomas G. Dritsas bought 7,194 shares for $13.97 per share on Aug. 3. The stock price has increased by 1.29%. Director Ian Russell Carter bought 12,200 shares for $14 per share on July 25. The stock price has increased by 1.07%.

Sienna Biopharmaceuticals CFO bought 7,000 shares

CFO Richard D. Peterson bought 7,000 shares for $15 per share on Aug. 1. The stock price has increased by 26.53%. Sienna Biopharmaceuticals has a market cap of $377.479 million, and its shares were traded around $18.98.

Chief of Staff and Head of Regulatory Affairs & Quality Diane Stroehmann bought 7,000 shares, Director Erle T. Mast bought 6,700 shares, and Chief Medical Officer Paul F. Lizzul bought 10,000 shares, all for $15 per share on Aug. 1. The stock price has increased by 26.53%.

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