Yahoo Finance Multiple insiders bought Canadian Premium Sand Inc. (CVE:CPS) stock earlier this year, a positive sign for shareholders
When a single insider purchases stock, it is typically not a major deal. However, when multiple insiders purchase stock, like in Canadian Premium Sand Inc.'s (CVE:CPS) instance, it's good news for shareholders.
While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.
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Canadian Premium Sand Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Independent Director John Assman for CA$100k worth of shares, at about CA$0.30 per share. Even though the purchase was made at a significantly lower price than the recent price (CA$0.48), we still think insider buying is a positive. Because the shares were purchased at a lower price, this particular buy doesn't tell us much about how insiders feel about the current share price.
Canadian Premium Sand insiders may have bought shares in the last year, but they didn't sell any. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!
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Insider Ownership Of Canadian Premium Sand
Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. From our data, it seems that Canadian Premium Sand insiders own 6.4% of the company, worth about CA$2.4m. We do generally prefer see higher levels of insider ownership.
So What Does This Data Suggest About Canadian Premium Sand Insiders?
There haven't been any insider transactions in the last three months -- that doesn't mean much. On a brighter note, the transactions over the last year are encouraging. While we have no worries about the insider transactions, we'd be more comfortable if they owned more Canadian Premium Sand stock. So while it's helpful to know what insiders are doing in terms of buying or selling, it's also helpful to know the risks that a particular company is facing. To help with this, we've discovered 4 warning signs (3 shouldn't be ignored!) that you ought to be aware of before buying any shares in Canadian Premium Sand.
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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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