Yahoo Finance As InvestSMART Group Limited's (ASX:INV) market cap increased AU$4.5m, insiders who bought last year may be reflecting on buying more
InvestSMART Group Limited (ASX:INV) insiders who purchased shares in the last 12 months were richly rewarded last week. The stock climbed by 13% resulting in a AU$4.5m addition to the company’s market value. As a result, the stock they originally bought for AU$62k is now worth AU$72k.
Although we don't think shareholders should simply follow insider transactions, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.
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InvestSMART Group Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
While no particular insider transaction stood out, we can still look at the overall trading.
The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!
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Insider Ownership Of InvestSMART Group
Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Insiders own 27% of InvestSMART Group shares, worth about AU$10m. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.
So What Do The InvestSMART Group Insider Transactions Indicate?
It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded InvestSMART Group shares in the last quarter. However, our analysis of transactions over the last year is heartening. Overall we don't see anything to make us think InvestSMART Group insiders are doubting the company, and they do own shares. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing InvestSMART Group. You'd be interested to know, that we found 1 warning sign for InvestSMART Group and we suggest you have a look.
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For the purposes of this article, insiders are those individuals who report their transactions to the relevant regulatory body. We currently account for open market transactions and private dispositions, but not derivative transactions.
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