Even if it's not a huge purchase, we think it was good to see that Cheung Shing Ng, the Founder & Chairman of Computer And Technologies Holdings Limited (HKG:46) recently shelled out HK$533k to buy stock, at HK$1.96 per share. However, it only increased their shares held by 3.9%, and it wasn't a huge purchase by absolute value, either.

The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Computer And Technologies Holdings

Notably, that recent purchase by Cheung Shing Ng is the biggest insider purchase of Computer And Technologies Holdings shares that we've seen in the last year. That means that even when the share price was higher than HK$1.96 (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. We always take careful note of the price insiders pay when purchasing shares. 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. Cheung Shing Ng was the only individual insider to buy during the last year.

Cheung Shing Ng bought 576.00k shares over the last 12 months at an average price of HK$2.01. 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!

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Insider Ownership

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. Computer And Technologies Holdings insiders own about HK$96m worth of shares. That equates to 20% of the company. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Computer And Technologies 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. Given that insiders also own a fair bit of Computer And Technologies Holdings we think they are probably pretty confident of a bright future. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. To help with this, we've discovered 3 warning signs (1 is a bit unpleasant!) that you ought to be aware of before buying any shares in Computer And Technologies Holdings.

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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 of direct interests only, but not derivative transactions or indirect interests.

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