O’Reilly Auto chairman sells 30K shares

Posted online May 4, 2018 | 11:24 am

Great Southern CFO sells more shares

Great Southern Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: GSBC) Chief Financial Officer Rex Copeland followed up on a trade last week with a new transaction.

On May 2, Copeland netted $33,763 selling 1,318 shares in two separate transactions. In both cases, he exercised stock options to buy shares at set rates and then sell them at market prices, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Copeland made $22,819 in trading the week prior.

Earlier this month, Great Southern reported $13.5 million in first-quarter net income available to common shareholders, a 17 percent increase from the prior year.

GSBC shares were trading at $54.85 as of 10:31 a.m., compared with a 52-week range of $47.50 to $58.45.

O’Reilly Automotive Inc. (Nasdaq: ORLY) board Chairman David O’Reilly this week sold 30,000 shares of the auto retailer’s stock.

The May 2 transaction by O’Reilly was valued at $7.8 million, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

The only other trade so far in May by an O’Reilly Automotive official was by board member John Murphy. On May 1, he sold 600 shares to earn $153,460, according to a separate SEC filing.

O’Reilly Automotive recently reported first-quarter profits rose 15 percent to $304.9 million. The company’s shares have spiked by as much as 17 percent.

ORLY shares were trading at $260.39 as of 10:17 a.m., compared with a 52-week range of $169.43 to $279.23.

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