We’ve lost count of how many times insiders have accumulated shares in a company that goes on to improve markedly. 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 Solar Alliance Energy Inc. (CVE:SOLR), you may well want to know whether insiders have been buying or selling.
Do Insider Transactions Matter?
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 would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing. But it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing. For example, a Columbia University study found that ‘insiders are more likely to engage in open market purchases of their own company’s stock when the firm is about to reveal new agreements with customers and suppliers’.
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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Solar Alliance Energy
Co-Founder & Non-Executive Chairman Jason Bak made the biggest insider purchase in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for CA$76k worth of shares at a price of CA$0.03 each. Although we like to see insider buying, we note that this large purchase was at significantly below the recent price of CA$0.04. Because the shares were purchased at a lower price, this particular buy doesn’t tell us much about how insiders feel about the current share price.
In the last twelve months insiders purchased 7309999 shares for CA$260k. But they sold 500000 for CA$26k. In the last twelve months there was more buying than selling by Solar Alliance Energy insiders. The average buy price was around CA$0.036. Although they bought at below the recent share price, it is good to see that insiders are willing to invest in the company. You can see the insider transactions (by individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!
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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. Solar Alliance Energy insiders own about CA$1.5m worth of shares. That equates to 17% of the company. This level of insider ownership is good but just short of being particularly stand-out. It certainly does suggest a reasonable degree of alignment.
So What Does This Data Suggest About Solar Alliance Energy Insiders?
It doesn’t really mean much that no insider has traded Solar Alliance Energy shares in the last quarter. On a brighter note, the transactions over the last year are encouraging. Insiders do have a stake in Solar Alliance Energy and their transactions don’t cause us concern. I like to dive deeper into how a company has performed in the past. You can access this interactive graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow for free.
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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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