One Petershill Partners Insider Raised Stake By 55% In Previous Year

Looking at Petershill Partners PLC's (LON:PHLL ) 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 we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, we do think it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing.

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Petershill Partners Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Non-Executive Chairman Naguib Kheraj for UK£451k worth of shares, at about UK£1.50 per share. Although we like to see insider buying, we note that this large purchase was at significantly below the recent price of UK£1.73. While it does suggest insiders consider the stock undervalued at lower prices, this transaction doesn't tell us much about what they think of current prices.

Naguib Kheraj bought 345.00k shares over the last 12 months at an average price of UK£1.52. 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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Insider Ownership Of Petershill Partners

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. From our data, it seems that Petershill Partners insiders own 0.4% of the company, worth about UK£7.1m. We do generally prefer see higher levels of insider ownership.

So What Do The Petershill Partners Insider Transactions Indicate?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Petershill Partners shares in the last quarter. But insiders have shown more of an appetite for the stock, over the last year. While we have no worries about the insider transactions, we'd be more comfortable if they owned more Petershill Partners stock. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. To that end, you should learn about the 2 warning signs we've spotted with Petershill Partners (including 1 which is a bit concerning).

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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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