Yahoo Finance Insiders who placed huge bets on Analytica Limited (ASX:ALT) earlier this year would be disappointed with the 25% drop
Insiders who acquired AU$750k worth of Analytica Limited's (ASX:ALT) stock at an average price of AU$0.0035 in the past 12 months may be dismayed by the recent 25% price decline. 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$321k, which is not great.
Although we don't think shareholders should simply follow insider transactions, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.
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Analytica Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
In the last twelve months, the biggest single purchase by an insider was when Executive Chairman Michael Monsour bought AU$750k worth of shares at a price of AU$0.0035 per share. That means that even when the share price was higher than AU$0.0015 (the recent price), an insider wanted to purchase shares. While their view may have changed since the purchase was made, this does at least suggest they have had confidence in the company's future. To us, it's very important to consider the price insiders pay for shares. As a general rule, we feel more positive about a stock when an insider has bought shares at above current prices, because that suggests they viewed the stock as good value, even at a higher price. Michael Monsour was the only individual insider to buy shares in the last twelve months.
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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Does Analytica Boast High Insider Ownership?
Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. Insiders own 38% of Analytica shares, worth about AU$2.6m. 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 Does This Data Suggest About Analytica Insiders?
It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Analytica 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 Analytica 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 Analytica. For example, Analytica has 4 warning signs (and 2 which are a bit concerning) 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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