Terrance McKibbon Is The President of Bird Construction Inc. (TSE:BDT) And They Just Picked Up 35% More Shares
Investors who take an interest in Bird Construction Inc. (TSE:BDT) should definitely note that the President, Terrance McKibbon, recently paid CA$7.82 per share to buy CA$391k worth of the stock. That's a very decent purchase to our minds and it grew their holding by a solid 35%.
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Bird Construction Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
In fact, the recent purchase by Terrance McKibbon was the biggest purchase of Bird Construction shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. That means that even when the share price was higher than CA$7.90 (the recent price), an insider wanted to purchase shares. Their view may have changed since then, but at least it shows they felt optimistic at the time. To us, it's very important to consider the price insiders pay for 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. Terrance McKibbon was the only individual insider to buy shares in the last twelve months.
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
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 our data, it seems that Bird Construction insiders own 2.3% of the company, worth about CA$9.7m. We do generally prefer see higher levels of insider ownership.
What Might The Insider Transactions At Bird Construction Tell Us?
It's certainly positive to see the recent insider purchase. We also take confidence from the longer term picture of insider transactions. We would certainly prefer see higher levels of insider ownership but analysis of the insider transactions suggests that Bird Construction insiders are expecting 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. For example - Bird Construction has 1 warning sign we think you should be aware of.
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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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