Trade Alert: The Chief Financial Officer Of Richards Packaging Income Fund (TSE:RPI.UN), Enzio Di Gennaro, Has Just Spent CA$104k Buying 2.9% More Shares

Even if it's not a huge purchase, we think it was good to see that Enzio Di Gennaro, the Chief Financial Officer of Richards Packaging Income Fund (TSE:RPI.UN) recently shelled out CA$104k to buy stock, at CA$40.19 per share. However, it only increased their shares held by 2.9%, and it wasn't a huge purchase by absolute value, either.

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Richards Packaging Income Fund Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Notably, that recent purchase by Enzio Di Gennaro is the biggest insider purchase of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares that we've seen in the last year. So it's clear an insider wanted to buy, even at a higher price than the current share price (being CA$39.95). 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 if insiders have bought shares at above current prices, because that suggests they viewed the stock as good value, even at a higher price.

In the last twelve months insiders purchased 3.70k shares for CA$155k. But they sold 200.00 shares for CA$10k. Overall, Richards Packaging Income Fund insiders were net buyers during the last year. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!

There are always plenty of stocks that insiders are buying. So if that suits your style you could check each stock one by one or you could take a look at this free list of companies. (Hint: insiders have been buying them).

Insider Ownership

Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Insiders own 26% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares, worth about CA$112m. 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 Do The Richards Packaging Income Fund Insider Transactions Indicate?

The recent insider purchases are heartening. And an analysis of the transactions over the last year also gives us confidence. Once you factor in the high insider ownership, it certainly seems like insiders are positive about Richards Packaging Income Fund. That's what I like to see! So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. You'd be interested to know, that we found 1 warning sign for Richards Packaging Income Fund and we suggest you have a look.

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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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