A Open Orphan Plc (LON:ORPH) insider increased their holdings last year
Viewing insider transactions for Open Orphan Plc's (LON:ORPH ) over the last year, we see that insiders were net buyers. This means that a larger number of shares were purchased by insiders in relation to shares sold.
While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.
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Open Orphan Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by CEO & Director Yamin Khan for UK£50k worth of shares, at about UK£0.098 per share. So it's clear an insider wanted to buy, even at a higher price than the current share price (being UK£0.095). It's very possible they regret the purchase, but it's more likely they are bullish about the company. 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. Yamin Khan was the only individual insider to buy shares in the last twelve months.
The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!
Open Orphan is not the only stock insiders are buying. So take a peek at this free list of growing companies with insider buying.
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. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. From our data, it seems that Open Orphan insiders own 5.1% of the company, worth about UK£3.2m. We do generally prefer see higher levels of insider ownership.
So What Do The Open Orphan Insider Transactions Indicate?
Our data shows a little insider buying, but no selling, in the last three months. The net investment is not enough to encourage us much. But insiders have shown more of an appetite for the stock, over the last year. We'd like to see bigger individual holdings. However, we don't see anything to make us think Open Orphan insiders are doubting the company. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Open Orphan. You'd be interested to know, that we found 2 warning signs for Open Orphan and we suggest you have a look.
But note: Open Orphan may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with high ROE and low debt.
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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