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4/26/16

Two Ideas from Insider Micro Cap Value Buying for the Week Ending 04/22/16


The form 4 insider filings filtered down by excluding short % float >1%, no identifiable micro cap value institutions, price > .25, Market capitalization less than 250M, exclude industries in finance, biomedical

Only two ideas out of over 100 form 4 filings.  ; CWGL, CDNA

Crimson Wine Group, Ltd. (CWGL) "together with its subsidiaries produces & markets wines. It has vineyards in the Napa Valley, Edna Valley in California, Sonoma County, the Willamette Valley in Oregon & Horse Heaven Hills in Washington." Morningstar

Crimson is a stock if after additional research accumulate patiently and wait.


Relatively small insider buying for the week ending 04/22/15.Strong value institutional ownership from Michael Price, Tenton Mighty Mites, Gamco, Perritt.Price reported adding shares at higher market price for the quarter ending 12/31/15

Positives: Diverse group of successful micro cap value institutions purchasing shares greater than current market price. Positive insider buying during 2016 and 2015.High Piotroski F Score of 7.
Revenue per share growth, 5 year annual per share revenue growth rate 18.80%, one year 4.90%.
Per share value improvements for metrics in table below, EBIT, BV, EBITDA.




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Gross margins out performing its relative and historical returns, 2010 = 38.48%, 2012 = 49.39%,TTM = 53.25%.
Stable share count 2011 24.46M shares outstanding TTM = 24.23M

Financially sound based on Z score, Sloan and Bennish ratio.
Insider ownership is 31.20%

















































































Market Cap: 208.38M ,Enterprise Value:     182.02M
Price/Sales (ttm):      3.45 , Price/Book (mrq):       1.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm):        3.02 , Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm): 11.87
Profit Margin (ttm):    6.91% , Operating Margin (ttm): 13.22%
Revenue (ttm):  60.23M
Gross Profit (ttm):     32.53M , EBITDA (ttm):  15.34M
Total Cash (mrq):       27.64M , Total Cash Per Share (mrq):     1.13
Total Debt (mrq):       0.00
Current Ratio (mrq):    6.60 , Book Value Per Share (mrq):     8.43
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):      7.74M
52-Week Change3:        -7.03%
52-Week High (May 8, 2015)3:    9.80 , 52-Week Low (Feb 17, 2016)3:    7.58
Shares Outstanding:    24.23M , Float:  19.69M
% Held by Insiders:    31.12% , % Held by Institutions1:        20.20%


CareDx, Inc (CDNA) " is a commercial stage company. The Company develops, markets and delivers a diagnostic surveillance solution for heart transplant recipients to help clinicians make personalized treatment decisions throughout a transplant patient's lifetime."

Market Cap : 58.30M , Enterprise Value :  33.85M
Price/Sales (ttm):  1.82 , Price/Book (mrq): 1.58
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm):  1.15
Revenue (ttm):  29.45M ,Revenue Per Share (ttm):        2.49
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):     7.50% , Gross Profit (ttm):     17.87M
EBITDA (ttm):  -6.73M
Total Cash (mrq):       33.95M , Total Cash Per Share (mrq):     2.85
Total Debt (mrq):       15.80M ,Total Debt/Equity (mrq):        46.59
Current Ratio (mrq):    3.63 , Book Value Per Share (mrq):     2.85
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):      -6.50M , Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):   -4.24M
52-Week Change:        -16.12%
52-Week High (Jul 13, 2015)3:   8.00
52-Week Low (Sep 29, 2015)3:    3.70
Shares Outstanding:    13.34M , Float:  5.70M
% Held by Insiders:    34.40% , % Held by Institutions:        39.90%
Short % of Float (as of Mar 31, 2016): 0.57%


Royce, Tenton were adding shares for the quarter reported 12/31/15. GABELLI also owns shares.




4/16/16

Negative EV with Value Institutions


AAVL    BIOD    LTRE    OXGN    SORL    SPRT 

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All ideas have a small and declining short position.

Value institution Royce, Kennedy Capital, Lloyd Miller,Gabelli,Perritt have select individual positions.





Avalanche Biotechnologies, (AAVL)  is a "clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing novel gene therapies to transform the lives of patients with sight-threatening ophthalmic diseases." source Morningstar

Market Cap: 144.66M, Price = $5.36,Enterprise Value: -155.68M
Price/Book (mrq): 0.52 ,Total Cash Per Share (mrq): 12.59
Current Ratio (mrq): 41.62 , Book Value Per Share (mrq): 10.19
52-Week Change:  -86.44% 
52-Week High :   $41.60 , 52-Week Low : $ 4.00
Shares Outstanding:  26.99M ,Float:  12.76M
% Held by Insiders:    38.06%
Short % of Float (as of Mar 31, 2016): 5.78%



















Learning Tree International Inc. (LTRE) "is a vendor-independent provider of training and education to business and government organizations for their IT professionals and managers." Source Morningstar












Biodel Inc. (BIOD)is a specialty biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the development and commercialization of treatments for diabetes patients.













OXiGENE. (OXGN) is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in the development of vascular disrupting agents, or VDAs, for the treatment of cancer. It is currently developing two clinical stage investigational drugs, both VDAs- CA4P and OXi4503.












SORL Auto Parts, Inc. (SORL)" develops, manufactures and distributes automotive air brake systems, air controlling systems and other related components to automotive original equipment manufacturers, and related aftermarket." Morningstar











Support.com, Inc. (SPRT) "is a provider of cloud-based software and services for technology support. Its solutions include a SaaS-based Nexus Service Platform, mobile and desktop apps, and a scalable workforce of technology specialists." Morningstar



Post to be continued over several days.

4/9/16

Value Institutions adding shares below 300M Market Cap


Filter Used : Value institutions adding additional shares during the most reported quarter 12/31/15. Only stocks with more than one value institutional ownership, insider ownership  >10%, less than 3% gain for multiple time periods (1,4,12,24 week ending time period), market cap <300M, financial strength > 3,

Value institutions covered in the filter
Advisory,  Aegis,  Ariel,  Awm Investment,  Bandera,  Bruce,  Buckingham,  Caledonia Investments,  Cove,  Dalton,  Deprince Race,  Donald Smith,  Dreman,  Gabelli,  Gotham Asset,  Grace,  Grt Capital,  Gruber & Mcbaine,  Heartland,  Kennedy,  Killen,  Makaira,  Minerva,  Moab,  Nantahala,  Neon,  Nine Ten,  Northtide,  Oaktree,  Osmium,  Perritt,  Pinnacle,  Potrero,  Price,  Raffles,  Raging,  Rose,  Royce,  Rutabaga,  Senvest,  Teton,  Third Avenue,  Tieton,  Wynnefield,

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Ticker  Industry  Change in Shares by Value Institutions Change in Shares/Shares Outstanding Text Count (Insti)  Shares Held / Shares Outstanding Price Change(52 weeks) Price Change(24 weeks) Price Change(12 weeks) Price Change(4 weeks) Price Change(1 week) Institutional Ownership  Insider Ownership Market Cap($Mil) Financial Strength F Score Revenue Growth Rate 1 Year
NEON Electronic Components 2,329,847 5.3200% 2 0.1299 -48.53 -13.9 -12.73 -10.7 -6.34 30.42 10.05 84.13 3.33 2 126.4
HBIO Medical Instruments & Supplies 973,400 2.8700% 3 0.1035 -58.15 -29.53 -7.48 -3.89 -10.82 67.39 16.23 92.33 3.9 5 1.2
SQBG Apparel Manufacturing 1,429,569 2.3100% 4 0.0721 -55.02 -58.39 -15.25 -9.77 -9.77 49.3 39.62 371.33 6.8 1 50.9
FALC Software - Application 899,042 2.1500% 3 0.1423 -13.07 -35.12 -27.72 -0.75 -0.75 28.75 41.94 55.55 3.97 5 7.6
MWW Staffing & Outsourcing Services 1,681,762 1.8700% 3 0.0743 -51.18 -56.21 -38.49 -5.78 -3.13 97.04 18.69 278.72 3.67 6 -11
HCHC Telecom Services 491,800 1.4000% 3 0.0423 -62.47 -57.66 -20.56 -11.92 -5.03 53.14 12.28 119.86 6.4 3 58.2
EMKR Semiconductors 298,682 1.1500% 2 0.0255 -10.36 -26.72 -10.04 -7.38 0.4 65.03 11.06 130.05 6.93 6 51.2
LMIA Aerospace & Defense 144,531 1.0900% 3 0.165 -31.37 -24.05 -8.6 -9.09 -2.1 61.37 18.85 111.12 6.17 5 -6.8
HVT Home Improvement Stores 136,874 0.6200% 3 0.0743 -18.09 -19.42 -4.16 -9.95 -13.11 72.7 10.06 411 6.3 7 5.3
HHS Marketing Services 343,100 0.5600% 2 0.0134 -65.44 -41.53 -13.05 -36.67 -16.79 53.85 15.26 139.69 4.13 4 -9.1
VLGEA Grocery Stores 75,699 0.5400% 4 0.1028 -23.54 -5.62 -2.69 -1.74 0.59 43.69 16.91 339.45 8.33 5 1.6
GTIM Restaurants 65,200 0.5300% 2 0.0135 -49.46 -44.77 -20.38 -12.99 -6.25 50.47 11.67 46 5.93 5 3.7
FC Education & Training Services 76,024 0.5300% 2 0.0468 -22.44 -15.28 -13.23 -15.96 -8.24 78.4 13.98 210.04 8.23 6 -0.3
MLNK Integrated Shipping & Logistics 253,143 0.4800% 3 0.0562 -63.05 -54.46 -38.36 -28.86 -3.38 84.61 39.75 75.38 3.67 2 -27.9
TREC Chemicals 100,552 0.4200% 3 0.0344 -23.93 -37.95 -21.86 -3.05 -2.43 32.09 15.24 223.15 5.73 6 -17.5
RDNT Diagnostics & Research 198,976 0.4200% 2 0.096 -44.97 -13.68 -14.58 -17.31 0.82 52.74 11.46 232.19 5.73 7 8.3
FTEK Pollution & Treatment Controls 77,689 0.3400% 4 0.0547 -48.22 -24.16 -11.6 -5.33 -7.51 23.61 17.5 37.07 3.07 6 -7.6
JMBA Restaurants 44,317 0.2900% 5 0.0779 -24.17 -16 -2.82 -6.91 -1.2 92.17 22.62 186.95 5.73 5 -21.6
ATTU Software - Application 43,057 0.2600% 2 0.027 -35.07 -49.2 -39.44 -5.81 -6.47 31.11 17.41 109.1 5.7 4 25.6
TWMC Specialty Retail 79,304 0.2600% 2 0.0755 -0.54 -4.69 2.23 -3.68 -4.44 22.09 51.97 113.73 7.03 8 -6
JCS Communication Equipment 22,026 0.2500% 4 0.1165 -33.54 -13.73 -5.64 2.42 -2.77 72.83 12.99 61.59 4.47 3 -10.4
XPLR Computer Systems 25,000 0.2300% 2 0.0304 -49.05 -42.68 -32.42 -17.48 -5.87 27.09 24.6 35.02 7.47 4 75.6
EML Tools & Accessories 13,904 0.2200% 5 0.1513 -16.32 2.18 -10.75 0.68 -1.16 54.99 10.46 101.03 8.17 4 2.6
INAP Software - Application 84,997 0.1500% 4 0.0747 -76.04 -61.29 -54.17 -11.15 -3.14 85.21 10.94 138.06 4.23 4 -5.9
SEAC Software - Application 44,766 0.1300% 5 0.2642 -39.94 -45.11 -37.89 -31.05 -30.29 94.15 13.96 128.71 8.07 3 -8.6
DWCH Software - Application 9,554 0.0800% 3 0.068 -38.02 -17.62 -15.36 -9.75 -10.96 52.24 25.76 54.02 6.9 3 -26.4
CUTR Medical Devices 10,488 0.0800% 3 0.0644 -14.6 -16.59 -5.04 -8.18 -1.86 73.66 13.02 144.35 8.83 6 21.7
OESX Electronic Components 16,564 0.0600% 3 0.1624 -58.66 -39.01 -32.02 -2.16 -1.45 48.45 23.5 37.75 4.23 5 -12.5
BNED Specialty Retail 24,565 0.0500% 3 0.002 0 -29.98 -2.21 -8.88 -7.83 68.92 12.54 418.56 5.9 0 0
HOV Residential Construction 33,872 0.0200% 2 0.0053 -58.54 -34.89 -4.38 -13.07 0.66 31.58 10.36 225.09 3.7 1 12.3
AHC Publishing 1,207 0.0100% 3 0.0399 -37.38 -12.28 -1.8 -11.68 -0.62 57.16 10.51 104.03 7.3 4 1.4
CPHC Gambling 200 0.0000% 2 0.1267 1.08 -6.36 0.1 -0.4 -4.48 32.25 49.66 42.63 9.67 6 7





Value Institutions Adding Shares