30% Of This China Ruyi Holdings Insider's Holdings Were Sold

Looking at China Ruyi Holdings Limited's (HKG:136 ) insider transactions over the last year, we can see that insiders were net sellers. That is, there were more number of shares sold by insiders than there were purchased.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At China Ruyi Holdings

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the insider, ShaoYu Li, sold HK$286m worth of shares at a price of HK$1.82 per share. So we know that an insider sold shares at around the present share price of HK$1.78. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. Given that the sale took place at around current prices, it makes us a little cautious but is hardly a major concern. The only individual insider seller over the last year was ShaoYu Li.

ShaoYu Li ditched 167.00m shares over the year. The average price per share was CN¥1.83. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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Does China Ruyi Holdings Boast High 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. China Ruyi Holdings insiders own about HK$4.0b worth of shares (which is 19% of the company). Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.

So What Do The China Ruyi Holdings Insider Transactions Indicate?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded China Ruyi Holdings shares in the last quarter. It's heartening that insiders own plenty of stock, but we'd like to see more insider buying, since the last year of China Ruyi Holdings insider transactions don't fill us with confidence. So while it's helpful to know what insiders are doing in terms of buying or selling, it's also helpful to know the risks that a particular company is facing. To assist with this, we've discovered 3 warning signs that you should run your eye over to get a better picture of China Ruyi Holdings.

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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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