Recent Insider Buys

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Mar 16, 2015

The All-In-One Guru Screener can be used to find the most insider buys over the past week by clicking on the Insiders tab and changing the settings for All Insider Buying to "500,000+ shares at $2,000,000" and Duration to "over the past 15 days."

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc (DO), Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (ITCI), Champions Oncology Inc (CSBR) and American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) were the 4 companies with the heaviest buys over the past week that met the criteria.

On March 13, 10% Owner LOEWS CORP, purchased 685,373 shares of DO, with a total cost of $18,217,000. Since then, the price didn’t face any change (+0.5%).

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DOÂ has an Institutional Ownership of 98%.

DO has a market Cap of $3,663 million and over the last year, the price dropped by 39% and is currently trading at a P/B ratio of 0.90 in relation to the Global Oil & Gas Drilling Industry Median of 0.67.

The company has a good financial strength even if Cash to Debt ratio (0.11) is at the worst levels of DO History. Profitability & Growth is rated 5/10 with ratios better than 90% of competitors (8.53% of ROE, 4.70% of ROA, 9.23% of ROC).

Brian Rogers is the Guru holding the biggest number of shares of DO (2.73% of Outstanding Shares).

On March 11, Director and 10% Owner, Alafi Christopher D, purchased 625,000 shares of ITCI, with a total cost of $15,000,000. Since then, the price declined by 2.2%.

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ITCIÂ has an Institutional Ownership of 41% and an Insider Ownership of 5%.

ITCIÂ has a market Cap of $820 million and over the last year, the price rose by 28% and is currently trading at a P/B ratio of 5.74 in relation to the Global Drug Manufacturers - Major Industry Median of 3.67.

The company has a good financial strength and no debts, but it has poor profitability with both a negative ROE of -27.65% and ROA of -25.79%.

ITCI is not held by any Guru. Jean-Marie Eveillard sold out his shares in Q3.

10% Owners, BROWN MICHAEL MAURICE and Battery Ventures IX, L.P., purchased 12,500,000 shares of CSBRÂ combined, which totaled $5,000,000. Since then, the price increased by 2.5%.

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CSBRÂ has an Institutional Ownership of 5% and an Insider Ownership of 34%.

CSBRÂ has a market Cap of $27.5 million and over the last year, the price dropped by 63% and is currently trading at a P/S ratio of 2.56 in relation to the Global Biotechnology Industry Median of 30.53.

The company has a good financial strength and no debts. Profitability is negative, with a ROA of -121.97%.

CSBRÂ is not held by any Guru and has not been traded by any Guru so far.

On March 10, Director HUGHES B WAYNE, purchased 844,130 shares of AMH, with a total cost of $13,708,700. Since then, the price is trading at the same price.

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AMHÂ has an Institutional Ownership of 100%.

AMHÂ has a market cap of $3,462 million and over the last year, the price is almost flat (-1%) and is trading at a P/B ratio of 1.00 in relation to the Global REIT - Residential Industry Median of 31.07.

The company has a financial strength rated 4/10 with a Cash to Debt ratio of 0.42. It has negative returns, such as a ROE of -1.52% and a ROA of -0.94%.

John Griffin is the only Guru holding AMH with 4.11% of Outstanding Shares.