CEO & Director of Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström Holding Tomas Bergstrom Buys 1.4% More Shares

Even if it's not a huge purchase, we think it was good to see that Tomas Bergstrom, the CEO & Director of Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström Holding AB (publ) (STO:AJA B) recently shelled out kr532k to buy stock, at kr266 per share. However, it only increased their shares held by 1.4%, and it wasn't a huge purchase by absolute value, either.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström Holding

In fact, the recent purchase by Tomas Bergstrom was the biggest purchase of Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström Holding shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. That means that an insider was happy to buy shares at around the current price of kr267. Of course they may have changed their mind. But this suggests they are optimistic. While we always like to see insider buying, it's less meaningful if the purchases were made at much lower prices, as the opportunity they saw may have passed. In this case we're pleased to report that the insider purchases were made at close to current prices.

Over the last year, we can see that insiders have bought 9.86k shares worth kr2.0m. But they sold 1.09k shares for kr296k. In the last twelve months there was more buying than selling by Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström Holding insiders. The average buy price was around kr201. It is certainly positive to see that insiders have invested their own money in the company. But we must note that the investments were made at well below today's share price. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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Insider Ownership Of Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström Holding

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. Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström Holding insiders own about kr318m worth of shares. That equates to 16% of the company. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström Holding Tell Us?

It's certainly positive 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. When combined with notable insider ownership, these factors suggest Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström Holding insiders are well aligned, and quite possibly think the share price is too low. Nice! In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström Holding. You'd be interested to know, that we found 1 warning sign for Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström Holding 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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