Yahoo Finance Independent Director Jon Lamb Just Bought 16% More Shares In AFT Pharmaceuticals Limited (NZSE:AFT)
Investors who take an interest in AFT Pharmaceuticals Limited (NZSE:AFT) should definitely note that the Independent Director, Jon Lamb, recently paid NZ$4.20 per share to buy NZ$171k worth of the stock. That's a very decent purchase to our minds and it grew their holding by a solid 16%.
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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At AFT Pharmaceuticals
In fact, the recent purchase by Jon Lamb was the biggest purchase of AFT Pharmaceuticals shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. That means that an insider was happy to buy shares at around the current price of NZ$4.38. Of course they may have changed their mind. But this suggests they are optimistic. If someone buys shares at well below current prices, it's a good sign on balance, but keep in mind they may no longer see value. The good news for AFT Pharmaceuticals share holders is that an insider was buying at near the current price. Jon Lamb was the only individual insider to buy during the last year.
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!
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Insider Ownership of AFT Pharmaceuticals
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. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. AFT Pharmaceuticals insiders own about NZ$323m worth of shares (which is 71% of the company). Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.
What Might The Insider Transactions At AFT Pharmaceuticals Tell Us?
The recent insider purchase is heartening. We also take confidence from the longer term picture of insider transactions. Along with the high insider ownership, this analysis suggests that insiders are quite bullish about AFT Pharmaceuticals. Looks promising! While we like knowing what's going on with the insider's ownership and transactions, we make sure to also consider what risks are facing a stock before making any investment decision. You'd be interested to know, that we found 1 warning sign for AFT Pharmaceuticals 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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