Yahoo Finance Los Andes Copper Ltd. (CVE:LA) Insiders Increased Their Holdings
It is not uncommon to see companies perform well in the years after insiders buy shares. On the other hand, we'd be remiss not to mention that insider sales have been known to precede tough periods for a business. So before you buy or sell Los Andes Copper Ltd. (CVE:LA), you may well want to know whether insiders have been buying or selling.
What Is Insider Buying?
It's quite normal to see company insiders, such as board members, trading in company stock, from time to time. However, rules govern insider transactions, and certain disclosures are required.
We would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing. But logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares. For example, a Columbia University study found that 'insiders are more likely to engage in open market purchases of their own company’s stock when the firm is about to reveal new agreements with customers and suppliers'.
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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Los Andes Copper
Independent Director Gonzalo Swett Delaveau made the biggest insider purchase in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for CA$116k worth of shares at a price of CA$0.29 each. We do like to see buying, but this purchase was made at well below the current price of CA$0.40. Because it occurred at a lower valuation, it doesn't tell us much about whether insiders might find today's price attractive.
Gonzalo Swett Delaveau bought 423.00k shares over the last 12 months at an average price of CA$0.29. The chart below shows insider transactions (by 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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Does Los Andes Copper Boast High 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. From what we can see in our data, insiders own only about CA$898k worth of Los Andes Copper shares. We do note, however, it is possible insiders have an indirect interest through a private company or other corporate structure. It's always possible we are missing something but from our data, it looks like insider ownership is minimal.
So What Does This Data Suggest About Los Andes Copper Insiders?
It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Los Andes Copper shares in the last quarter. But insiders have shown more of an appetite for the stock, over the last year. The transactions are fine but it'd be more encouraging if Los Andes Copper insiders bought more shares in the company. I like to dive deeper into how a company has performed in the past. You can access this interactive graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow for free.
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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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