Arlington Asset Investment Corp. (AI): Chairman & CEO Eric F Billings Bought 150,000 Shares
Chairman & CEO of Arlington Asset Investment Corp. (AI) Eric F Billings bought 150,000 shares on 12/10/2009 at an average price of $15.2. Arlington Asset Investment Corporation is a publicly traded company that invests on a leveraged basis in residential mortgage-backed securities (MBS), including collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs). The company has a market cap of $120.3 million; its shares were traded at around $15.2 with and P/S ratio of 0.2.
AI recently announced its third quarter results. The company said that it reported net income of $42.4 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, or $5.38 per share (diluted), compared to a net loss of $169.0 million, or $22.34 per share (diluted) for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company reported net income of $111.8 million, or $14.28 per share (diluted), compared to a net loss of $149.0 million, or $19.71 per share (diluted) for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. As of September 30, 2009, book value per share was $17.84. The per share data reflect the impact of a 1-for-20 reverse stock split that was effective on October 6, 2009.
Charles Brandes owns 3,339,090 shares as of 09/30/2009, which accounts for 0.01% of the $21.32 billion portfolio of Brandes Investment.
Sell:: 10% Owner Management Llc Passport sold 34,990 shares of AI stock on 07/13/2009 at the average price of 7, the price of the stock has increased by 117.14% since. Excluding the company’s CEO, other insiders have also decreased their positions in the company.
SAIC Inc. (SAI): CEO Walter P Havenstein Bought 28,000 Shares
CEO of SAIC Inc. (SAI) Walter P Havenstein bought 28,000 shares on 12/17/2009 at an average price of $18.85. SAIC INC is a scientific, engineering, and technology applications company. Saic Inc. has a market cap of $3.95 billion; its shares were traded at around $18.85 with a P/E ratio of 15.2 and P/S ratio of 0.4.
SAIC recently reported its second quarter fiscal year 2010 results. The company announced that its revenues were up 8% compared to results from a year ago, to $2.75 million. Operating income was up1 7%, and diluted EPS was up 19 percent, to 31 cents per share.
Ron Baron owns 2,728,224 shares as of 09/30/2009, which accounts for 0.35% of the $13.75 billion portfolio of Baron Funds.
Buy:: Director Thomas F Frist Iii bought 450,000 shares of SAI stock on 10/02/2009 at the average price of 17.39, the price of the stock has increased by 8.4% since. However, other insiders have decreased their positions in the company.
FIFTH STREET FINANCE (FSC): CEO & President Leonard M Tannenbaum Bought 20,000 Shares
CEO & President of FIFTH STREET FINANCE (FSC) Leonard M Tannenbaum bought 20,000 shares on 12/15/2009 at an average price of $10.29. FIFTH STREET FINANCE CORP. is a specialty finance company that lends to and invests in small and mid-sized companies in connection with an investment by private equity sponsors. It has a market cap of $381.7 million; its shares were traded at around $10.29 with a P/E ratio of 7.9 and P/S ratio of 7.6. The dividend yield of Fifth Street Finance stocks is 10.5%.
Fifth Street Finance recently reported its second quarter results. The company announced that its net investment income for the quarter was $7.9 million, or 35 cents per share, compared to $5.1 million a year ago.
David Einhorn owns 2,284,492 shares as of 09/30/2009, which accounts for 0.96% of the $2.6 billion portfolio of Greenlight Capital Inc.
Buy:: CCO, Exec. V.P.& Sec Bernard D Berman bought 1,000 shares of FSC stock on 12/16/2009 at the average price of 10.25, the price of the stock has increased by 0.39% since. Other insiders have also increased their positions in the company.
DPL Inc. (DPL): President & CEO Paul M Barbas Bought 6,000 Shares
President & CEO of DPL Inc. (DPL) Paul M Barbas bought 6,000 shares on 12/17/2009 at an average price of $27.9. DPL Inc. is a holding company. Dpl Inc. has a market cap of $3.34 billion; its shares were traded at around $27.9 with a P/E ratio of 12.5 and P/S ratio of 2.1. The dividend yield of Dpl Inc. stocks is 4.1%. Dpl Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 2.2% over the past 10 years.
George Soros bought 12,900 shares in the quarter that ended on 09/30/2009, which is 0.01% of the $4.41 billion portfolio of Soros Fund Management LLC. John Hussman owns 300,000 shares as of 09/30/2009, which accounts for 0.15% of the $5.36 billion portfolio of Hussman Economtrics Advisors, Inc..
Buy:: SVP, CFO & Treasurer Frederick J Boyle bought 10,500 shares of DPL stock on 12/16/2009 at the average price of 28.48, the price of the stock has decreased by 2.04% since. Many other insiders have also increased their positions in the company.
Zoltek Companies Inc. (ZOLT): Chair. of the Board, Pres.,CEO, 10% Owner Zsolt Rumy Bought 10,000 Shares
Chair. of the Board, Pres.,CEO, 10% Owner of Zoltek Companies Inc. (ZOLT) Zsolt Rumy bought 10,000 shares on 12/11/2009 at an average price of $9.24. Zoltek Companies, Inc. is an applied technology and advanced materials company. Zoltek Companies Inc. has a market cap of $318 million; its shares were traded at around $9.24 with and P/S ratio of 2.3.
Zoltek recently reported its full year and fourth quarter 2009 results. The company reported net sales of $33.8 million, which compared to $51.0 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, a decrease of 33.7%. On a sequential quarter basis, sales for the latest quarter increased $3.5 million or 11.6% from the third quarter of fiscal 2009. Zoltek reported an operating loss of $1.9 million for the latest quarter, which included the negative effect of $3.0 million in available unused capacity costs. In the fourth quarter of the previous fiscal year, Zoltek reported an operating loss of $0.4 million.
Buy:: COO Karen M Bomba bought 500 shares of ZOLT stock on 08/19/2009 at the average price of 8.88, the price of the stock has increased by 4.05% since
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