Insiders who purchased Alpha HPA Limited (ASX:A4N) shares in the past 12 months are unlikely to be deeply impacted by the stock's 10% decline over the past week. After taking the recent loss into consideration, the AU$316k worth of stock they bought is now worth AU$342k, indicating that their investment yielded a positive return.

While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

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Alpha HPA Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single purchase by an insider was when Non-Executive Director Cameron Peacock bought AU$100k worth of shares at a price of AU$0.50 per share. We do like to see buying, but this purchase was made at well below the current price of AU$0.61. While it does suggest insiders consider the stock undervalued at lower prices, this transaction doesn't tell us much about what they think of current prices.

Alpha HPA insiders may have bought shares in the last year, but they didn't sell any. Their average price was about AU$0.56. Although they bought at below the recent share price, it is good to see that insiders are willing to invest in the company. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction! insider-trading-volume

There are plenty of other companies that have insiders buying up shares. You probably do not want to miss this freelist of growing companies that insiders are buying.

Insider Ownership

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Insiders own 20% of Alpha HPA shares, worth about AU$97m. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders.



So What Do The Alpha HPA Insider Transactions Indicate?

The fact that there have been no Alpha HPA insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. However, our analysis of transactions over the last year is heartening. Insiders own shares in Alpha HPA and we see no evidence to suggest they are worried about the 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. Be aware that Alpha HPA is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 2 of those are significant...

Of course, you might find a fantastic investment by looking elsewhere. So take a peek at this freelist of interesting 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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