Have Financial Street Property Co., Limited (HKG:1502) Insiders Been Selling Their Stock?

Some Financial Street Property Co., Limited (HKG:1502) shareholders may be a little concerned to see that insider Yang Liu recently sold a substantial HK$7.6m worth of stock at a price of HK$5.81 per share. That's a big disposal, and it decreased their holding size by 24%, which is notable but not too bad.

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Financial Street Property Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Notably, that recent sale by Yang Liu is the biggest insider sale of Financial Street Property shares that we've seen in the last year. So what is clear is that an insider saw fit to sell at around the current price of HK$5.48. While we don't usually like to see insider selling, it's more concerning if the sales take place at a lower price. In this case, the big sale took place at around the current price, so it's not too bad (but it's still not a positive).

You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!

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Insider Ownership of Financial Street Property

I like to look at how many shares insiders own in a company, to help inform my view of how aligned they are with insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Based on our data, Financial Street Property insiders have about 1.1% of the stock, worth approximately HK$24m. But they may have an indirect interest through a corporate structure that we haven't picked up on. We consider this fairly low insider ownership.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Financial Street Property Tell Us?

An insider hasn't bought Financial Street Property stock in the last three months, but there was some selling. Looking to the last twelve months, our data doesn't show any insider buying. But since Financial Street Property is profitable and growing, we're not too worried by this. Insider ownership isn't particularly high, so this analysis makes us cautious about the company. We'd practice some caution before buying! 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. For example - Financial Street Property has 2 warning signs we think you should be aware of.

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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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