Insiders might want to re-evaluate their US$999k stock purchase as CuriosityStream Inc. (NASDAQ:CURI) drops to US$263m

The recent price decline of 13% in CuriosityStream Inc.'s (NASDAQ:CURI) stock may have disappointed insiders who bought US$999k worth of shares at an average price of US$13.50 in the past 12 months. Insiders buy with the expectation to see their investments rise in value over a period of time. However, recent losses have rendered their above investment worth US$370k which is not ideal.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

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CuriosityStream Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single purchase by an insider was when Founder & Independent Chairman of the Board John Hendricks bought US$999k worth of shares at a price of US$13.50 per share. That means that even when the share price was higher than US$5.00 (the recent price), an insider wanted to purchase shares. It's very possible they regret the purchase, but it's more likely they are bullish about the company. In our view, the price an insider pays for shares is very important. As a general rule, we feel more positive about a stock when an insider has bought shares at above current prices, because that suggests they viewed the stock as good value, even at a higher price. The only individual insider to buy over the last year was John Hendricks.

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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Insider Ownership of CuriosityStream

Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. CuriosityStream insiders own about US$142m worth of shares (which is 54% of the company). 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 CuriosityStream Insider Transactions Indicate?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded CuriosityStream shares in the last quarter. On a brighter note, the transactions over the last year are encouraging. It would be great to see more insider buying, but overall it seems like CuriosityStream insiders are reasonably well aligned (owning significant chunk of the company's shares) and optimistic for the future. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing CuriosityStream. To assist with this, we've discovered 3 warning signs that you should run your eye over to get a better picture of CuriosityStream.

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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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