Yahoo Finance Have Insiders Been Buying Gas2Grid Limited (ASX:GGX) Shares?
We've lost count of how many times insiders have accumulated shares in a company that goes on to improve markedly. The flip side of that is that there are more than a few examples of insiders dumping stock prior to a period of weak performance. So we'll take a look at whether insiders have been buying or selling shares in Gas2Grid Limited (ASX:GGX).
What Is Insider Selling?
It's quite normal to see company insiders, such as board members, trading in company stock, from time to time. However, such insiders must disclose their trading activities, and not trade on inside information.
Insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing. But logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares. As Peter Lynch said, 'insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise'.
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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Gas2Grid
Notably, that recent purchase by Wong Voon Sam Yue is the biggest insider purchase of Gas2Grid shares that we've seen in the last year. That means that even when the share price was higher than AU$0.002 (the recent price), an insider wanted to purchase shares. Their view may have changed since then, but at least it shows they felt optimistic at the time. To us, it's very important to consider the price insiders pay for shares. Generally speaking, it catches our eye when an insider has purchased shares at above current prices, as it suggests they believed the shares were worth buying, even at a higher price. Wong Voon Sam Yue was the only individual insider to buy during the last year. We note that Wong Voon Sam Yue was also the biggest seller.
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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Are Gas2Grid Insiders Buying Or Selling?
In the last three months, CFO, Company Secretary & Executive Director Wong Voon Sam Yue bought AU$365k. That's only a tiny bit more than the sales, worth AU$365k. Overall, we don't think these recent trades are particularly informative, one way or the other.
Insider Ownership
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. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. It's great to see that Gas2Grid insiders own 46% of the company, worth about AU$3.8m. This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.
What Might The Insider Transactions At Gas2Grid Tell Us?
Our data shows a little more insider selling than buying in the last three months. But the net divestment is not enough to concern us at all. On a brighter note, the transactions over the last year are encouraging. It would be great to see more insider buying, but overall it seems like Gas2Grid insiders are reasonably well aligned (owning significant chunk of the company's shares) and optimistic for the 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. For example, Gas2Grid has 5 warning signs (and 3 which are significant) we think you should know about.
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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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