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Founder & Executive Chairman of the Board of Lvji Technology Holdings Weizhong Zang Buys More Stock

SEHK:1745

Potential Lvji Technology Holdings Inc. (HKG:1745) shareholders may wish to note that the Founder & Executive Chairman of the Board, Weizhong Zang, recently bought HK$1.5m worth of stock, paying HK$0.50 for each share. However, it only increased shareholding by a small percentage, and it wasn't a huge purchase by absolute value, either.

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Lvji Technology Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Notably, that recent purchase by Weizhong Zang is the biggest insider purchase of Lvji Technology Holdings shares that we've seen in the last year. That implies that an insider found the current price of HK$0.50 per share to be enticing. 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. If someone buys shares at well below current prices, it's a good sign on balance, but keep in mind they may no longer see value. The good news for Lvji Technology Holdings share holders is that an insider was buying at near the current price. Weizhong Zang was the only individual insider to buy shares in the last twelve months.

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!

SEHK:1745 Insider Trading Volume May 7th 2024

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Insider Ownership

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. Insiders own 28% of Lvji Technology Holdings shares, worth about HK$236m. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.

So What Does This Data Suggest About Lvji Technology Holdings Insiders?

The recent insider purchase is heartening. 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 Lvji Technology Holdings. That's what I like to see! So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. You'd be interested to know, that we found 1 warning sign for Lvji Technology Holdings and we suggest you have a look.

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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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