Chan Pang Kee Just Bought A Sprinkling of Shares In InnoCare Pharma Limited (HKG:9969)

InnoCare Pharma Limited (HKG:9969) shareholders (or potential shareholders) will be happy to see that insider Chan Pang Kee recently bought a whopping HK$18m worth of stock, at a price of HK$11.97. There's no denying a buy of that magnitude suggests conviction in a brighter future, although we do note that proportionally it only increased their holding by 0.9%.

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InnoCare Pharma Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Non-Executive Director Quanhong Yuan for HK$97m worth of shares, at about HK$24.65 per share. That means that even when the share price was higher than HK$10.66 (the recent price), an insider wanted to purchase shares. 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. We always take careful note of the price insiders pay when purchasing shares. Generally speaking, it catches our eye when insiders have purchased shares at above current prices, as it suggests they believed the shares were worth buying, even at a higher price.

While InnoCare Pharma insiders bought shares during the last year, they didn't sell. They paid about HK$21.15 on average. I'd consider this a positive as it suggests insiders see value at around the current price. 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!

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Does InnoCare Pharma Boast High Insider Ownership?

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. It's great to see that InnoCare Pharma insiders own 28% of the company, worth about HK$4.5b. 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 InnoCare Pharma Insider Transactions Indicate?

It is good to see the recent insider purchase. We also take confidence from the longer term picture of insider transactions. But we don't feel the same about the fact the company is making losses. Once you factor in the high insider ownership, it certainly seems like insiders are positive about InnoCare Pharma. Nice! In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing InnoCare Pharma. While conducting our analysis, we found that InnoCare Pharma has 2 warning signs and it would be unwise to ignore them.

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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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