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 to “$1,000,000+” and duration to "August 2015."
According to the above filters, the following are the recent buys from company insiders during the last week of August.
On Aug. 27, Jeffery James Krueger, who holds more than 10% of National Energy Services Inc (NESV), bought 1,583,462 shares at an average price of $0.13 and at a total cost of $200,000. Since that buy, the price of the stock has tanked by 15.40%.
The company has an institutional ownership of 7%.
The price of National Energy Services has tanked by 98% during the last 12 months, and is trading with a very low P/B ratio of 0.11 and an even lower P/S of 0.03. The company has negative returns with ROA of -7.25% and ROE of -228.27%. Financial strength is rated 3 out of 10 with a cash to debt ratio of 0.01%.
On Aug. 28, Softbank Group Corp. bought more shares of Sprint Corp. (S). It bought 16,795,982 shares at the price of $4.89 with a total cost of $82,132,400. The investor is increasing its stake as reported in my previous articles (1,2).
On Aug. 28, three insiders bought shares of Gap Inc. (GPS).The insiders are John J. Fisher who bought 5,029,850 shares and William Sydney Fisher who bought 4,929,504 shares. Robert J. Fisher bought 3,083,769 shares.
The company has an institutional ownership of 55% and an insider ownership of 11%.
The price of Gap has dropped by 29% during the last 12 months, and is trading with a very low P/E(ttm) ratio of 11.60 and an even lower P/B of 5.17. The company has good profitability with positive returns: ROA is 14.85% and ROE is 39.35%. Financial strength is rated 8 out of 10 thanks to an acceptable cash to debt of 0.91 and a high interest coverage of 27.77. These ratios are ranked lower than 55% of its competitors.
Larry Robbins (Trades, Portfolio) is the main shareholder of the company with 5,994,495 shares amounting to 1.44% of outstanding shares of the company. James Barrow (Trades, Portfolio) holds 0.53% of outstanding shares, followed by Edward Lampert (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.49%.
On Aug. 28, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a 10% owner of Phillips 66 (PSX) bought 3,175,041 shares of the company at the price of $74.68 and a total cost of $237,112,000. Since that buy, the price of the stock has risen by 5.1%.
The company has an institutional ownership of 74%.
The price of Philips 66 has dropped by 10% during the last 12 months, and is trading with a very low P/E(ttm) ratio of 10.04 and a P/B of 1.87. The company has good profitability with positive returns: ROA is 8.72% and ROE is 19.84%. Financial strength is rated 9 out of 10 thanks to a good cash to debt of 0.57 and a high interest coverage of 22.61. These ratios are ranked lower than 58% of its competitors.
After this trade, Warren Buffet is the main shareholder of the company with 10.70% of outstanding shares, followed by James Barrow (Trades, Portfolio) with 3.35% and First Eagle Investment (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.91%.
On Aug. 31, JAB Cosmetics B.V., a 10% owner in Coty Inc. (COTY), increased its stake by buying 544,200 shares at the price of $29.65 with a total cost of $16,135,500.
