Yahoo Finance Alicanto Minerals Limited (ASX:AQI) drops to AU$21m and insiders who purchased earlier this year lose another AU$4.7k
The recent 14% drop in Alicanto Minerals Limited's (ASX:AQI) stock could come as a blow to insiders who purchased AU$117k worth of stock at an average buy price of AU$0.05 over the past 12 months. Insiders purchase with the hope of seeing their investments increase in value over time. However, due to recent losses, their initial investment is now only worth AU$112k, which is not great.
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.
Check out our latest analysis for Alicanto Minerals
Alicanto Minerals Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
While no particular insider transaction stood out, we can still look at the overall trading.
Alicanto Minerals insiders may have bought shares in the last year, but they didn't sell any. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!
There are always plenty of stocks that insiders are buying. So if that suits your style you could check each stock one by one or you could take a look at this free list of companies. (Hint: insiders have been buying them).
Alicanto Minerals Insiders Bought Stock Recently
It's good to see that Alicanto Minerals insiders have made notable investments in the company's shares. In total, insiders bought AU$117k worth of shares in that time, and we didn't record any sales whatsoever. This is a positive in our book as it implies some confidence.
Insider Ownership Of Alicanto Minerals
I like to look at how many shares insiders own in a company, to help inform my view of how aligned they are with insiders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Alicanto Minerals insiders own about AU$3.2m worth of shares. That equates to 15% of the company. This level of insider ownership is good but just short of being particularly stand-out. It certainly does suggest a reasonable degree of alignment.
So What Do The Alicanto Minerals Insider Transactions Indicate?
The recent insider purchases are heartening. We also take confidence from the longer term picture of insider transactions. However, we note that the company didn't make a profit over the last twelve months, which makes us cautious. Given that insiders also own a fair bit of Alicanto Minerals we think they are probably pretty confident of a bright future. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. Case in point: We've spotted 6 warning signs for Alicanto Minerals you should be aware of, and 4 of these are a bit unpleasant.
Of course Alicanto Minerals may not be the best stock to buy. So you may wish to see this free collection of high quality companies.
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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