Yahoo Finance This Ajax Resources Insider Increased Their Holding By 12% Last Year
Looking at Ajax Resources Plc's (LON:AJAX ) insider transactions over the last year, we can see that insiders were net buyers. That is, there were more number of shares purchased by insiders than there were sold.
While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.
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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Ajax Resources
The CEO & Director Ippolito Cattaneo made the biggest insider purchase in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for UK£143k worth of shares at a price of UK£0.11 each. So it's clear an insider wanted to buy, even at a higher price than the current share price (being UK£0.07). 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. Ippolito Cattaneo was the only individual insider to buy shares in the last twelve months.
Ippolito Cattaneo purchased 1.72m shares over the year. The average price per share was UK£0.091. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!
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Does Ajax Resources Boast High 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. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Ajax Resources insiders own about UK£1.4m worth of shares (which is 43% of the company). This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.
So What Do The Ajax Resources Insider Transactions Indicate?
The fact that there have been no Ajax Resources insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. However, our analysis of transactions over the last year is heartening. Judging from their transactions, and high insider ownership, Ajax Resources insiders feel good about the company's future. 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. When we did our research, we found 4 warning signs for Ajax Resources (2 are concerning!) that we believe deserve your full attention.
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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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