Yahoo Finance Compass Therapeutics Insider Ups Holding During Year
Viewing insider transactions for Compass Therapeutics, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:CMPX ) over the last year, we see that insiders were net buyers. This means that a larger number of shares were purchased by insiders in relation to shares sold.
While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.
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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Compass Therapeutics
Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Co-Founder Thomas Schuetz for US$84k worth of shares, at about US$4.19 per share. That means that an insider was happy to buy shares at above the current price of US$1.59. 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. In our view, the price an insider pays for shares is very important. 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. Thomas Schuetz was the only individual insider to buy shares in the last twelve months.
Thomas Schuetz bought 90.00k shares over the last 12 months at an average price of US$3.95. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!
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Does Compass Therapeutics 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. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. Insiders own 4.6% of Compass Therapeutics shares, worth about US$9.4m, according to our data. Whilst better than nothing, we're not overly impressed by these holdings.
So What Do The Compass Therapeutics Insider Transactions Indicate?
It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Compass Therapeutics shares in the last quarter. However, our analysis of transactions over the last year is heartening. We'd like to see bigger individual holdings. However, we don't see anything to make us think Compass Therapeutics insiders are doubting the company. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Compass Therapeutics. Case in point: We've spotted 2 warning signs for Compass Therapeutics you should be aware of, and 1 of these can't be ignored.
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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 of direct interests only, but not derivative transactions or indirect interests.
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