Thursday 5/23 Insider Buying Report: EOLS, OTEL (Nasdaq.com)
At Evolus, a filing with the SEC revealed that on Monday, Director Kristine Romine bought 40,562 shares of EOLS, for a cost of $19.25 each, for a total investment of $780,818. Investors can bag EOLS even cheaper than Romine did, with the stock changing hands as low as $16.62 in trading on Thursday which is 13.7% below Romine’s purchase price. Evolus is trading down about 2.9% on the day Thursday. Before this latest buy, Romine purchased EOLS at 5 other times during the past twelve months, for a total cost of $727,260 at an average of $17.50 per share. And at Otelco, there was insider buying on Wednesday, by Ira Sochet who bought 27,941 shares at a cost of $15.32 each, for a trade totaling $428,100. Before this latest buy, Sochet purchased OTEL on 23 other occasions during the past year, for a total cost of $6.71M at an average of $15.81 per share. Otelco is trading up about 0.5% on the day Thursday.
Mettler-toledo International Inc (MTD) President and CEO Oliver A Filliol Sold $24.6 million of Shares (Guru Focus)
President and CEO of Mettler-toledo International Inc (NYSE:MTD) Oliver A Filliol sold 34,000 shares of MTD on 05/22/2019 at an average price of $724.47 a share. The total sale was $24.6 million. Mettler-Toledo International Inc supplies weighing and precision instruments to customers in the life sciences, industrial and food retail industries. Its products are laboratory scales, pipettes, pH meters, thermal analysis equipment and others. Mettler-Toledo International Inc has a market cap of $17.64 billion; its shares were traded at around $711.39 with a P/E ratio of 34.25 and P/S ratio of 6.15. Mettler-Toledo International Inc had annual average EBITDA growth of 13.00% over the past ten years.
SEC Charges Unregistered Broker Who Sold Woodbridge Securities to Retail Investors (HedgeCo.net)
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Charles Nilosek, a Massachusetts-based external sales agent for Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC, with illegally selling Woodbridge securities to retail investors while acting as an unregistered broker. According to the complaint, Nilosek was among Woodbridge’s top revenue producers. The SEC previously charged Woodbridge and its former owner, Robert H. Shapiro, and Woodbridge’s other highest-earning unregistered brokers. In January, a federal court in Florida ordered Woodbridge, related companies, and Shapiro together to pay $1 billion for operating this Ponzi scheme. The SEC also charged Woodbridge’s two former directors of investments for their roles in Woodbridge’s Ponzi scheme.
The Claims President of Progressive (NYSE: PGR) is Selling Shares (Analyst Ratings)
Today, the Claims President of Progressive (PGR), Michael Sieger, sold shares of PGR for $593.6K. Following Michael Sieger’s last PGR Sell transaction on March 05, 2019, the stock climbed by 8.0%. In addition to Michael Sieger, 2 other PGR executives reported Sell trades in the last month.
Armour Residential Reit Inc (ARR) Co-CEO and CIO Scott Ulm Bought $1.4 million of Shares (Guru Focus)
Co-CEO and CIO of Armour Residential Reit Inc (NYSE:ARR) Scott Ulm bought 80,000 shares of ARR on 05/22/2019 at an average price of $17.93 a share. The total cost of this purchase was $1.4 million. ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc invests in and manages a leveraged portfolio of residential mortgage backed securities. It invests in residential mortgage backed securities issued or guaranteed by a United States Government-sponsored entity. ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc has a market cap of $1.07 billion; its shares were traded at around $17.97 with and P/S ratio of 2.64. The dividend yield of ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc stocks is 12.69%. ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc had annual average EBITDA growth of 18.60% over the past ten years.
