A company’s own top management tend to have the best inside view into the business, so when company officers make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in the open market, is that they expect to make money — maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both. So in this series we look at the largest insider buys by the ”top brass” over the trailing six month period, one of which was a total of $2.4M invested across 7 purchases by Anthony Michael Sanfilippo, CEO at Pinnacle Entertainment Inc (NYSE: PNK).
Sanfilippo bets big on PNK:
| Purchased | Insider | Title | Shares | Price/Share | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/18/2011 | Anthony Michael Sanfilippo | President and CEO | 60,000 | $10.09 | $605,350.00 |
| 08/10/2011 | Anthony Michael Sanfilippo | President and CEO | 10,000 | $11.52 | $115,150.00 |
| 08/12/2011 | Anthony Michael Sanfilippo | President and CEO | 10,000 | $11.44 | $114,400.00 |
| 08/18/2011 | Anthony Michael Sanfilippo | President and CEO | 40,000 | $11.77 | $470,800.00 |
| 08/22/2011 | Anthony Michael Sanfilippo | President and CEO | 40,000 | $11.36 | $454,500.00 |
| 11/10/2011 | Anthony Michael Sanfilippo | President and CEO | 31,250 | $10.86 | $339,300.00 |
| 11/22/2011 | Anthony Michael Sanfilippo | President and CEO | 30,000 | $9.55 | $286,500.00 |
Sanfilippo’s average cost works out to $10.78/share. In trading on Thursday, bargain hunters could buy shares of Pinnacle Entertainment Inc (NYSE: PNK) and achieve a cost basis lower than Sanfilippo, with shares changing hands as low as $9.00 per share. Shares of Pinnacle Entertainment Inc were changing hands at $9.08 at last check, trading off about 0.6% on Thursday. The chart below shows the one year performance of PNK shares, versus its 200 day moving average:
Looking at the chart above, PNK’s low point in its 52 week range is $8.06 per share, with $15.57 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $9.08.
PNK operates in the Hotels, Lodging, Restaurants & Travel sector, among companies like Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc (NASD: RRGB) which is up about 2% today, and Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (NYSE: RT) trading up by about 2.5%. Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of PNK, versus RRGB and RT.
Via: Forbes
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