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 "1,000,000+ shares at $5,000,000" and Duration to "over the past 7 days."
Laredo Petroleum Inc (LPI) and Silver Eagle Acquisition Corp. (EAGL) were the two companies with the heaviest buys over the past week that met the criteria.
On March 26, 2015, 10% Owner Warburg Pincus Private Equity, purchased 42,153,744 shares of LPI, with a total cost of $465,799,000. Since then, the price rose by +15.4%.
LPIĂ‚ has an institutional ownership of 95% and insider ownership of 1.0%.
LPI has a market cap of $M 1,827. Over the last year, the price dropped by 50% and is currently trading at a P/E(ttm) ratio of 6.70 better then 93% of the Global Oil & Gas E & P Industry competitors.
The company has a good financial strength even if Cash to Debt ratio (0.02) is at the worst levels of LPI History. Profitability & Growth is rated 6/10 with ratios better then 91% of competitors (19.73% of ROE, 8.22% of ROA, 8.34% of ROC.
On March 24, 2015, 10% Owner, Luxor Capital Group, LP, purchased 2,416,667 shares of EAGL, with a total cost of $27,550,000. Since then, the price didn’t change.
EAGLĂ‚ has an institutional ownership of 57%.
EAGLĂ‚ has a market cap of $M 455 and over the last year, the price rose by 15% and is currently trading at a P/B ratio of 93.00, much high, compared to the Global Conglomerates Industry Median of 3.50.
The company has a good financial strength and no debts, but it has poor profitability rated 2 out of 10
