Insider Buys Roundup

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Jul 17, 2015

The All-In-One Guru Screener can be used to find insider buys over the last week by clicking on the Insiders tab and changing the settings for All Insider Buying from “$500,000+” and Duration to "July 2015."Â

According to the above filters, the following are the recent buys from company insiders over the past week:

On July 8, JAB Cosmetics B.V. which is 10% owner of Coty Inc. (COTY), bought 1,431,571 shares of COTY at the price of $11.60 with a total cost of $45,667,100. Since that buy, the price of the stock has dropped by 13.70%.

The company has an institutional ownership of 23% and an insider ownership of 2%.

The price of COTY has risen by 59% during the last 12 months and is trading with a very high P/E(ttm) ratio of 51.45; this ratio is ranked lower than 83% of the other companies in the Global Household & Personal Products industry, which has an average P/E(ttm) of 20.70.


On July 2, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A, BRK.B) which is 10% owner of The Kraft Heinz Co. (KHC), bought 325,442,152 shares of KHC at the price of $72.96 with a total cost of $23,744,300,000. Since that buy, the price of the stock has risen by 6.60%.

The company has an institutional ownership of 77% and its price has risen by 7% during the last 12 months and is trading with a very high P/E(ttm) ratio of 64.89; this ratio is ranked lower than 86% of the other companies in the Global Package Foods industry, which has an average P/E(ttm) of 20.70.


On July 1, Sardar Biglari who is Chairman, CEO and 10% owner of Biglari Holdings Inc. (BH), bought 616,312 shares of BH at the price of $420 with a total cost of $258,851,000. Since that buy, the price of the stock has risen by 2.20%.

The company has an institutional ownership of 85% and an insider ownership of 9%.

Its price has increased by 2% during the last 12 months and is trading with a P/E(ttm) ratio of 27.72; this ratio is ranked higher than 50% of the other companies in the Global Restaurants industry, which has an average P/E(ttm) of 27.40.


On July 10, Iszo Capital Management LP, which is 10% owner of Ambase Corp (ABCP), bought 540,000 shares of ABCP at the price of $2.50 with a total cost of $1,350,000. Since that buy, the price of the stock has risen by 2%.

The company has an institutional ownership of 7% and an insider ownership of 2%.

Its price has increased by 77% during the last 12 months and is trading with a very low P/E(ttm) ratio of 6.83; this ratio is ranked higher than 78% of the other companies in the Global Real Estate Services industry, which has an average P/E(ttm) of 13.10.


On July 6, Orbimed Advisors LLC and Khuong Chau Quang who are directors and 10% owners of Pieris Pharmaceuticals Inc (PIRS), bought together a total of 1,000,000 shares of PIRS at the price of $2.75 with a total cost of $2,750,000. Since that buy, the price of the stock has dropped by 1%.

The company has an institutional ownership of 25% and its price has increased by 2% during the last 12 months and is currently trading with a very low P/B ratio of 5.52; this ratio is ranked lower than 57% of the other companies in the Global Biotechnology industry, which has an average P/B of 4.61.