Weekly CEO Sales Highlight: RE/MAX Holdings, Aon PLC, Hanesbrands, Colfax Corp.

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Nov 30, 2015
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According to GuruFocus Insider Data, these are the largest CEO sales during the past week: RE/MAX Holdings Inc., Aon PLC, Hanesbrands Inc. and Colfax Corp.

RE/MAX Holdings Inc. (RMAX, Financial): CEO, Chairman, Co-Founder and 10% owner David L. Liniger sold 4,500,000 shares

Liniger sold 4,500,000 shares on Nov. 24 at an average price of $36 per share. RE/MAX Holdings was founded in 1973. The company operates as a franchisor of real estate brokerage services. RE/MAX has a market cap of $463.230 million; its shares were traded at around $37.54 with a P/E ratio of 31.19 and P/S ratio of 2.62. The dividend yield of Re/max Holdings is 1.33%.

RE/MAX Holdings announced net sales of $45.1 million and net income of $15.2 million when it reported its 2015 third quarter results.

COO and CFO David Metzger sold 159,443 shares of RMAX stock in June, August and November. Director and 10% owner Gail A. Liniger sold 4,500,000 shares of RMAX stock in November, and Vice President General Counsel Adam Lindquist Scoville sold 700 shares of RMAX stock in September.

Aon PLC (AON, Financial): President and CEO Gregory C. Case sold 230,790 shares

Case sold 230,790 shares on Nov. 24 at an average price of $95.04 per share. Aon PLC was incorporated in 1979 under the laws of the state of Delaware. Aon has a market cap of $25.93 billion; its shares were traded at around $94.65 with a P/E ratio of 21.70 and P/S ratio of 2.33. The dividend yield of Aon stocks is 1.22%. Aon had an annual average earnings growth of 11% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus gives Aon the business predictability rank of 4-star.

For the third quarter, the company had revenues of $2.7 billion and net earnings of $295 million.

Case and Chairman and CEOÂ Stephen P. Mcgill together sold 436,808 shares of AON stock in November. Director Lester B. Knight bought 75,000 shares of AON stock on Aug. 4 at the average price of $100.79 per share.

Hanesbrands Inc. (HBI, Financial): CEO Richard A. Noll sold 200,000 shares

Noll sold 200,000 shares on Nov. 24 at an average price of $31.72 per share. Hanesbrands has a market cap of $12.24 billion; its shares were traded at around $31.25 with a P/E ratio of 31.90 and P/S ratio of 2.17. The dividend yield of Hanesbrands is 1.28%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 1% over the past 10 years.

Hanesbrands reported revenues of $1.6 billion and net earnings of $162.2 million in its 2015 third quarter financial report.

COO Gerald Evans and Group President of Activewear John T. Marsh together sold 103,975 shares of HBI stock in November.

Colfax Corp. (CFX, Financial): Global CEO and EVP Clay Kiefaber sold 198,873 shares

Kiefaber sold 198,873 shares on Nov. 24 at an average price of $27.11 per share. Colfax Corp. has a market cap of $3.29 billion; its shares were traded at around $26.52 with a P/E ratio of 16.30 and P/S ratio of 0.81. Colfax Corp. had an annual average earnings growth of 42.10% over the past five years.

Colfax Corp. announced its 2015 third quarter financial results with net sales of $969.1 million and net income of $23.5 million.

CFO C. Scott Brannan sold 1,380 shares of CFX stock on Oct. 19 at the average price of $27.85.Â

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