Weekly CFO Buys Highlights

Insiders invest in Kingsway, York Water, Brinker

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May 03, 2016
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According to GuruFocus Insider Data, the recent CFO buys were: Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS, Financial), York Water Co. (YORW, Financial) and Brinker International Inc. (EAT, Financial).

Kingsway Financial Services: COO, CFO and EVP William August Hickey Jr. bought 314 shares

On April 15, COO, CFO and EVP William August Hickey Jr. bought 314 shares at a price of $4.76 per share. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.73%. Kingsway has a market cap of $91.26 million, and its shares traded around $4.63 Monday. The company has a P/E ratio of 601.32 and P/S ratio of 0.58.

Kingsway announced its 2015 fourth-quarter results with revenues of $38.18 million and gross profit of $8.85 million while the net loss was $2.13 million. The 2015 total revenue was $159.97 million, a 1% increase from the 2014 total revenue. The 2015 gross profit was $44.38 million, a 9% decrease from the 2014 gross profit. The 2015 net loss was $768,000.

On April 15, CEO and President Larry G. Swets Jr. bought 438 shares at a price of $4.76 per share. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.73%. On April 15, Vice President Hassan Baqar bought 150 shares at an average price of $4.76 per share. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.73%. On March 28, Director Gary Schaevitz bought 1,194 shares at a price of $4.65 per share. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.43%.

York Water: CFO Kathleen M. Miller bought 152 shares

On April 18, CFO Kathleen M. Miller bought 152 shares at a price of $28.66 per share. The price of the stock has increased by 0.24%. York has a market cap of $368.495 million, and its shares were traded around $28.73. The company has a P/E ratio of 29.32 and P/S ratio of 7.85. York's trailing 12-month dividend yield is 2.12% while the forward dividend yield is 2.16%. Over the past 10 years, York had an annual average earnings growth of 4.30%. GuruFocus rated York the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

York announced its 2015 fourth-quarter results with revenues of $11.62 million and gross profit of $9.70 million while the net income was $3.52 million. The 2015 total revenue was $47.09 million, a 3% increase from the 2014 total revenue. The 2015 gross profit was $39.02 million, a 3% increase from the 2014 gross profit. The 2015 net loss was $12.49 million.

On April 15, President and CEO Jeffrey R. Hines bought 528 shares at a price of $28.39 per share. The price of the stock has increased by 1.2%. On April 18, Vice President - Customer Service Vernon L. Bracey bought 14 shares at a price of $28.87 per share. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.48%. On April 18, Vice President - Operations John H. Strine bought 69 shares at a price of $28.62 per share. The price of the stock has increased by 0.38%.

Brinker International: SVP and CFO Thomas Edwards Jr. bought 5,500 shares

On April 27, SVP and CFO Thomas Edwards Jr. bought 5,500 shares at a price of $45.5 per share. The price of the stock has increased by 3.45%. Brinker has a market cap of $2.69 billion, and its shares were traded around $47.07. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.45 and P/S ratio of 0.96. The trailing 12-month dividend yield of Brinker stocks is 2.65% while the forward dividend yield is 2.76%. Over the past 10 years, Brinker had an annual average earnings growth of 7.40%.

Brinker announced its 2015 fourth-quarter results with revenues of $788.1 million and gross profit of $584.81 million while the net income was $47.69 million. The 2015 total revenue was $3.00 billion, a 3% increase from the 2014 total revenue. The 2015 gross profit was $2.23 billion, a 4% increase from the 2014 gross profit. The 2015 net income was $196.69 million.

On Feb. 11, EVP, Chief Dev. Officer Roger F. Thomson sold 55,409 shares at a price of $46.69 per share. The price of the stock has increased by 0.81%. On Feb. 9, Director George R. Mrkonic Jr. sold 5,584 shares at a price of $46.98 per share. The price of the stock has increased by 0.19%. On Jan. 27, VP, Corp. Affairs and Inv. Rel. Joseph G. Taylor sold 1,000 shares at a price of $50.12 per share. The price of the stock has decreased by 6.09%.