9 Stocks Reporting Earnings Next Week with Insider Buying

Posted:10/19/12
By:Rebecca Lipman

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9 Stocks Reporting Earnings Next Week with Insider Buying

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Below we list 9 companies reporting earnings next week (Oct 22- 26) that have seen significant increases in insider buying in the past six months. This signals that company insiders, typically upper management that naturally knows more about their company than outsiders, think current share price is undervalued and that the stock has notable upside to price in.

Insiders use their personal funds to purchase stocks and are legally bound to report their purchases and sales.

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Here are the 9 stocks reporting next week with insider buying activity.

As a side note, the first two, are also small caps with short covering activity month over month. – as mentioned in the recent article, Rebound Candidates: Small Cap Stocks Reporting Next Week.

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1. Basic Energy Services, Inc. (BAS, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Provides a range of well site services to oil and gas drilling and producing companies in the United States. Market cap at $504.08M, most recent closing price at $11.90. Shares shorted have decreased from 9.54M to 8.52M over the last month, a decrease which represents about 2.69% of the company’s float of 37.93M shares. Days to cover ratio at 5.93 days. Over the last six months, insiders were net buyers of 389,570 shares, which represents about 1.03% of the company’s 37.93M share float. Earnings report on Oct 25.

2. Vistaprint N.V. (VPRT, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Operates as an online provider of marketing products and services to micro businesses worldwide. Market cap at $1.24B, most recent closing price at $36.43. Shares shorted have decreased from 7.73M to 7.51M over the last month, a decrease which represents about 1.% of the company’s float of 21.97M shares. Days to cover ratio at 15.17 days. Over the last six months, insiders were net buyers of 407,761 shares, which represents about 1.86% of the company’s 21.97M share float. Earnings report on Oct 25.

3. Janus Capital Group, Inc. (JNS, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): A publicly owned asset management holding company. Market cap at $1.71B, most recent closing price at $9.12. Over the last six months, insiders were net buyers of 6,158,290 shares, which represents about 3.66% of the company’s 168.18M share float. Earnings report on Oct 25.

4. Level 3 Communications Inc. (LVLT, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Engages in the communications business in North America and Europe. Market cap at $5.04B, most recent closing price at $23.22. Over the last six months, insiders were net buyers of 4,981,255 shares, which represents about 3.19% of the company’s 156.03M share float. Earnings report on Oct 24.

5. Regis Corp. (RGS, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Operates, and franchises hairstyling and hair care salons in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Puerto Rico, and internationally. Market cap at $1.1B, most recent closing price at $19.16. Over the last six months, insiders were net buyers of 551,883 shares, which represents about 1.02% of the company’s 54.13M share float. Earnings report on Oct 22.

6. Theravance Inc. (THRX, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule medicines for various therapeutic areas, including respiratory disease, bacterial infections, and central nervous system (CNS)/pain. Market cap at $2.61B, most recent closing price at $26.90. Over the last six months, insiders were net buyers of 9,974,883 shares, which represents about 18.93% of the company’s 52.68M share float. Earnings report on Oct 22.

7. VMware, Inc. (VMW, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Provides virtualization and virtualization-based cloud infrastructure solutions primarily in the United States. Market cap at $37.23B, most recent closing price at $87.29. Over the last six months, insiders were net buyers of 959,414 shares, which represents about 1.24% of the company’s 77.57M share float. Earnings report on Oct 23.