Potential ABR Holdings Limited (SGX:533) shareholders may wish to note that the MD & Executive Director, Yee Lim Ang, recently bought S$143k worth of stock, paying S$0.47 for each share. However, it only increased shareholding by a small percentage, and it wasn't a huge purchase by absolute value, either.

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ABR Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In fact, the recent purchase by Yee Lim Ang was the biggest purchase of ABR Holdings 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 S$0.48. That means they have been optimistic about the company in the past, though they may have changed their mind. We do always like to see insider buying, but it is worth noting if those purchases were made at well below today's share price, as the discount to value may have narrowed with the rising price. Happily, the ABR Holdings insider decided to buy shares at close to current prices. The only individual insider to buy over the last year was Yee Lim Ang.

Yee Lim Ang bought 921.70k shares over the last 12 months at an average price of S$0.47. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!

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

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. ABR Holdings insiders own about S$57m worth of shares (which is 58% 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.

What Might The Insider Transactions At ABR Holdings Tell Us?

It is good to see the recent insider purchase. And an analysis of the transactions over the last year also gives us confidence. Once you factor in the high insider ownership, it certainly seems like insiders are positive about ABR Holdings. One for the watchlist, at least! So while it's helpful to know what insiders are doing in terms of buying or selling, it's also helpful to know the risks that a particular company is facing. Be aware that ABR Holdings is showing 4 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 1 of those is significant...

Of course ABR Holdings may not be the best stock to buy. So you may wish to see this free collection of high quality companies.

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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