Falcon Edge Invests $1 mn in vPhrase, Eyes Early-stage Bets (LiveMint.com)
US’s Falcon Edge Capital, the hedge fund best known for its investments in ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd-run Ola and the National Stock Exchange in India, is now picking up stakes in early-stage startups. vPhrase Analytics, which offers artificial intelligence (AI)-based business intelligence tools to automate data analysis and reporting, said on Tuesday that it has raised a $2-million Series A round from Bharat Innovation Fund and Falcon Edge Capital.
Gigamedia Ltd (GIGM) CEO Cheng-ming Huang Bought $163,894 of Shares (Guru Focus)
CEO of Gigamedia Ltd, Cheng-ming Huang, bought 69,742 shares of GIGM on 08/19/2019 at an average price of $2.35 a share. The total cost of this purchase was $163,894. GigaMedia Ltd is a publisher of online games.It has online game operations in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau and a cloud computing software and services business based in Taipei. GigaMedia Ltd has a market cap of $27.078 million; its shares were traded at around $2.45 with and P/S ratio of 4.20. GigaMedia Ltd had annual average EBITDA growth of 38.00% over the past five years. GuruFocus has detected 1 severe warning sign with GigaMedia Ltd.
Tuesday 8/20 Insider Buying Report: NGL, JCP (Nasdaq.com)
At NGL Energy Partners LP (NGL), a filing with the SEC revealed that on Friday, Chief Executive Officer H. Michael Krimbill bought 60,000 shares of NGL, at a cost of $12.72 each, for a total investment of $763,122. Krimbill was up about 6.5% on the buy at the high point of today’s trading session, with NGL trading as high as $13.54 in trading on Tuesday. NGL Energy Partners LP is trading up about 1.9% on the day Tuesday. Before this latest buy, Krimbill bought NGL on 3 other occasions during the past twelve months, for a total investment of $883,712 at an average of $11.78 per share. And also on Friday, Director Ronald W. Tysoe bought $590,000 worth of J.C. Penney (JCP), buying 1,000,000 shares at a cost of $0.59 each. J.C. Penney is trading up about 8.8% on the day Tuesday. Tysoe was up about 15.1% on the buy at the high point of today’s trading session, with JCP trading as high as $0.68 at last check today.
The EVP, GC & Sec of Church & Dwight is Exercising Options (Analyst Ratings)
Today it was reported that the EVP, GC & Sec of Church & Dwight (CHD), Maynadier Patrick De, exercised options to sell 37,500 CHD shares at $30.96 a share, for a total transaction value of $3M. Following Maynadier Patrick De’s last CHD Sell transaction on January 16, 2019, the stock climbed by 12.3%. In addition to Maynadier Patrick De, one other CHD executive reported Sell trades in the last month.
Data Respons ASA: Mandatory Notification of Trade of Primary Insider (StreetInsider.com)
Erik Langaker, Chairman of the Board of Directors in Data Respons ASA, has today via his wholly owned private company Vestland Invest AS bought 27 500 shares at a share price of NOK 32.1736 per share. Erik Langaker will directly and indirectly own 316 746 shares in Data Respons ASA following the transaction.
Superior Group Of Companies Inc (SGC) CEO Michael Benstock Bought $64,650 of Shares (Guru Focus)
CEO of Superior Group Of Companies Inc, Michael Benstock, bought 5,000 shares of SGC on 08/16/2019 at an average price of $12.93 a share. The total cost of this purchase was $64,650. Superior Uniform Group Inc is mainly engaged in designing, manufacturing and distribution of uniforms to major domestic retailers, foodservice chains, transportation and other service industries. It also provides remote staffing solutions. Superior Group Of Companies Inc has a market cap of $199.540 million; its shares were traded at around $13.08 with a P/E ratio of 12.71 and P/S ratio of 0.56. The dividend yield of Superior Group Of Companies Inc stocks is 3.06%.
