Yahoo Finance Jack Levine Is The Lead Independent Director of Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ:BLNK) And They Just Picked Up 5.7% More Shares
Potential Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ:BLNK) shareholders may wish to note that the Lead Independent Director, Jack Levine, recently bought US$109k worth of stock, paying US$18.18 for each share. Although the purchase only increased their holding by 5.7%, it is still a solid purchase in our view.
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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Blink Charging
In fact, the recent purchase by Jack Levine was the biggest purchase of Blink Charging shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. That means that even when the share price was higher than US$17.19 (the recent price), an insider wanted to purchase shares. 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. 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 Jack Levine.
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!
There are always plenty of stocks that insiders are buying. So if that suits your style you could check each stock one by one or you could take a look at this free list of companies. (Hint: insiders have been buying them).
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. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. It's great to see that Blink Charging insiders own 14% of the company, worth about US$101m. Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.
What Might The Insider Transactions At Blink Charging Tell Us?
The recent insider purchase is heartening. And an analysis of the transactions over the last year also gives us confidence. But we don't feel the same about the fact the company is making losses. Along with the high insider ownership, this analysis suggests that insiders are quite bullish about Blink Charging. Looks promising! So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. Every company has risks, and we've spotted 2 warning signs for Blink Charging you should know about.
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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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