Those following along with Hope Education Group Co., Ltd. (HKG:1765) will no doubt be intrigued by the recent purchase of shares by Huiwu Wang, CEO, President & Executive Director of the company, who spent a stonking HK$24m on stock at an average price of HK$0.30. That increased their holding by a full 721%, which arguably implies the sort of confidence required for a shy sweet-natured nerd to ask the most popular kid in the school to go out on a date.

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Hope Education Group Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Notably, that recent purchase by Huiwu Wang is the biggest insider purchase of Hope Education Group shares that we've seen in the last year. That means that even when the share price was higher than HK$0.28 (the recent price), an insider wanted to purchase shares. It's very possible they regret the purchase, but it's more likely they are bullish about the company. We always take careful note of the price insiders pay when purchasing shares. Generally speaking, it catches our eye when an insider has purchased shares at above current prices, as it suggests they believed the shares were worth buying, even at a higher price. Huiwu Wang was the only individual insider to buy shares in the last twelve months.

Huiwu Wang purchased 101.50m shares over the year. The average price per share was HK$0.30. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, 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. From looking at our data, insiders own HK$32m worth of Hope Education Group stock, about 1.4% of the company. But they may have an indirect interest through a corporate structure that we haven't picked up on. We consider this fairly low insider ownership.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Hope Education Group Tell Us?

The recent insider purchase is heartening. And an analysis of the transactions over the last year also gives us confidence. Given that insiders also own a fair bit of Hope Education Group we think they are probably pretty confident of a bright future. While we like knowing what's going on with the insider's ownership and transactions, we make sure to also consider what risks are facing a stock before making any investment decision. Every company has risks, and we've spotted 3 warning signs for Hope Education Group 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 of direct interests only, but not derivative transactions or indirect interests.

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