An Insider At Longfor Group Holdings Lowered Their Holding Recently

Viewing insider transactions for Longfor Group Holdings Limited's (HKG:960 ) over the last year, we see that insiders were net sellers. This means that a larger number of shares were sold by insiders in relation to shares purchased.

Although we don't think shareholders should simply follow insider transactions, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Longfor Group Holdings

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the insider, Yajun Wu, sold HK$11m worth of shares at a price of HK$11.23 per share. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. The silver lining is that this sell-down took place above the latest price (HK$9.08). So it may not tell us anything about how insiders feel about the current share price. Yajun Wu was the only individual insider to sell over the last year.

The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. 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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Are Longfor Group Holdings Insiders Buying Or Selling?

There was some insider buying at Longfor Group Holdings over the last quarter. Independent Non-Executive Director Frederick Peter Churchouse shelled out HK$50k for shares in that time. It's great to see that insiders are only buying, not selling. But the amount invested in the last three months isn't enough for us too put much weight on it, as a single factor.

Insider Ownership Of Longfor Group Holdings

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. Longfor Group Holdings insiders own about HK$33b worth of shares (which is 52% of the company). This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Longfor Group Holdings Tell Us?

We note a that there has been a bit of insider buying recently (but no selling). That said, the purchases were not large. While we gain confidence from high insider ownership of Longfor Group Holdings, we can't say the same about their transactions in the last year, in the absence of further purchases. 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. While conducting our analysis, we found that Longfor Group Holdings has 2 warning signs and it would be unwise to ignore these.

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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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