When one insider buys stock, it usually isn't a big trade. However, if multiple insiders purchase shares as follows: International Personal Finance Company (LON:IPF), this is good news for shareholders.
While we never say investors should base their decisions solely on the actions of a company's directors, we believe it would be foolish to ignore insider trading entirely.
Check out our latest analysis on International Personal Finance.
International Personal Finance Insider Trading in the Past Year
The biggest purchase by an insider in the last twelve months was when the CFO & Executive Director, Gary Thompson, bought UK£39,000 worth of shares at a price of UK£0.98 per share. Although the purchase was made at a significantly lower price than the recent price (GBP 1.17), we still consider the insider buying to be a positive. This occurred at a lower valuation, so it doesn't tell us much about whether insiders find today's price attractive.
In the last twelve months, International Personal Finance insiders were buying, but not selling, shares. You can see a visual representation of the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, click on the chart below.
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Insider ownership
Many investors like to see how much of a company's shares are owned by insiders. We generally like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Insiders own 7.2% of International Personal Finance shares, worth approximately GBP 19m. This level of insider ownership is good, but far from particularly noticeable. That certainly suggests a reasonable degree of consistency.
So what does this data suggest about international retail finance players?
It doesn't make much sense to see that no insiders have traded shares in International Personal Finance in the last quarter. On a brighter note, last year's trading was encouraging. Insiders own shares in International Personal Finance, but we've seen no evidence that they are concerned about the future. In addition to knowing about ongoing insider trading, it is beneficial to identify the risks facing International Personal Finance. Notice that International Personal Finance is listed. 2 warning signs in investment analysisone of them is a little worrying…
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For the purposes of this article, insiders are individuals who report their transactions to the relevant regulatory body. The Company currently only accounts for open market transactions and private dispositions of direct profits, and does not account for derivative transactions or indirect profits.
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