It is not uncommon to see companies perform well in the years after insiders buy shares. 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 before you buy or sell 1933 Industries Inc. (CSE:TGIF), you may well want to know whether insiders have been buying or selling.
What Is Insider Buying?
It’s quite normal to see company insiders, such as board members, trading in company stock, from time to time. However, most countries require that the company discloses such transactions to the market.
We don’t think shareholders should simply follow insider transactions. But equally, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether. For example, a Harvard University study found that ‘insider purchases earn abnormal returns of more than 6% per year.
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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At 1933 Industries
While no particular insider transaction stood out, we can still look at the overall trading.
1933 Industries insiders may have bought shares in the last year, but they didn’t sell any. Their average price was about CA$0.27. I’d consider this a positive as it suggests insiders see value at around the current price, which is CA$0.17. The chart below shows insider transactions (by individuals) over the last year. 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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1933 Industries Insiders Bought Stock Recently
There was some insider buying at 1933 Industries over the last quarter. Insiders bought CA$56k worth of shares in that time. We like it when there are only buyers, and no sellers. However, in this case the amount invested recently is quite small.
Insider Ownership of 1933 Industries
Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. From our data, it seems that 1933 Industries insiders own 5.6% of the company, worth about CA$2.4m. We do generally prefer see higher levels of insider ownership.
So What Do The 1933 Industries Insider Transactions Indicate?
It is good to see recent purchasing. We also take confidence from the longer term picture of insider transactions. But we don’t feel the same about the fact the company is making losses. While the overall levels of insider ownership are below what we’d like to see, the history of transactions imply that 1933 Industries insiders are reasonably well aligned, and optimistic for the future. Therefore, you should should definitely take a look at this FREE report showing analyst forecasts for 1933 Industries.
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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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