Weekly CEO Buys Highlights

Insiders buy Teradata, OPKO, Mattel and 8x8

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Aug 07, 2017
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According to GuruFocus Insider Data, these are the largest CEO buys during the past week.

Teradata CEO bought 31,270 shares

Teradata Corp. (TDC, Financial) President and CEO Victor L. Lund bought 31,270 shares for $31.95 per share on July 31. The stock price has decreased by 0.13% since.

Teradata offers analytic data platforms, applications and services for data warehousing and analytic technologies. The company has a market cap of $4.177 billion. Its shares traded at $31.91 with a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.89 on Aug. 4.

The company reported revenue of $513 million for the quarter ended June 30 versus $599 million in the second quarter of 2016.

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Oficer (CFO) Stephen Mark Scheppmann sold 47,065 shares for $31.83 per share on July 31. The stock price has increased by 0.25% since.

OPKO Health CEO bought 106,700 shares

OPKO Health Inc. (OPK, Financial) CEO, Chairman and 10% owner Phillip Frost bought 106,700 shares during the past week.

Frost bought 35,100 shares for $6.3 per share on July 28; 46,600 shares on Aug. 1 for $6.25 per share; and 25,000 shares for $6.15 per share on Aug. 2.

OPKO is a diversified health care company. Its business includes diagnostics and provision of pharmaceutical products. The company has a market cap of $3.47 billion. Its shares traded at $6.20 with a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of -77.50 as of Aug. 4.

Consolidated revenues for the three months ended March 31 were $296.1 million.

Mattel CEO bought 12,660 shares

Mattel Inc. (MAT, Financial) CEO Mary Margaret Hasti Georgiadis bought 12,660 shares for $19.61 per share on Aug. 1. The stock price decreased by 3.11% since.

Mattel designs, manufactures and markets a variety of toy products through sales to its customers and directly to consumers. The products include fashion dolls, infant and preschool products, toy cars and electrical vehicles among others. The company has a market cap of $6.512 billion. Its shares traded at $19.00 with a P/E ratio of 23.84 as of Aug. 4.

Reported operating loss was $48.7 million for the second quarter.

8x8 CEO bought 11,700 shares

8x8 Inc. (EGHT, Financial) CEO Vikram Verma bought 11,700 shares for $12.80 per share on Aug. 1. The stock price increased by 4.3% since.

8x8 is a technology company. It provides cloud-based, enterprise-class software solutions that transform the way businesses communicate and collaborate globally. The company has a market cap of $1.225 billion. Its shares traded at $13.35 with a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of -251.89.

Total revenue for the first quarter of 2018 increased 15% year over year to $69.1 million.

CFO Mary Ellen P. Genovese bought 11,625 shares for $12.78 per share on Aug. 1. The stock price has increased by 4.46% since.

For the complete list of stocks that bought by their company CEOs, go to: CEO Buys.

Disclosure: I do not own stock in any of the companies mentioned in the article.