Financial Controller & Executive Director of Kimou Environmental Holding Shaobo Huang Buys 1.7% More Shares

Even if it's not a huge purchase, we think it was good to see that Shaobo Huang, the Financial Controller & Executive Director of Kimou Environmental Holding Limited (HKG:6805) recently shelled out HK$558k to buy stock, at HK$1.22 per share. However, it only increased their shares held by 1.7%, and it wasn't a huge purchase by absolute value, either.

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Kimou Environmental Holding Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single purchase by an insider was when Executive Chairman of the Board Lianghong Zhang bought HK$22m worth of shares at a price of HK$1.25 per share. So it's clear an insider wanted to buy, even at a higher price than the current share price (being HK$1.21). Their view may have changed since then, but at least it shows they felt optimistic at the time. We always take careful note of the price insiders pay when purchasing 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.

Kimou Environmental Holding insiders may have bought shares in the last year, but they didn't sell any. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. 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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Insider Ownership

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. It's great to see that Kimou Environmental Holding insiders own 72% of the company, worth about HK$963m. I like to see this level of insider ownership, because it increases the chances that management are thinking about the best interests of shareholders.

So What Does This Data Suggest About Kimou Environmental Holding Insiders?

It is good to see the recent insider purchase. And an analysis of the transactions over the last year also gives us confidence. Along with the high insider ownership, this analysis suggests that insiders are quite bullish about Kimou Environmental Holding. Looks promising! In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Kimou Environmental Holding. At Simply Wall St, we've found that Kimou Environmental Holding has 2 warning signs (1 is a bit unpleasant!) that deserve your attention before going any further with your analysis.

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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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