New Hope Corporation Limited (ASX:NHC) shareholders (or potential shareholders) will be happy to see that the Non-Executive Chairman, Robert Millner, recently bought a whopping AU$11m worth of stock, at a price of AU$422. While that only increased their holding size by 0.4%, it is still a big swing by our standards.

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New Hope Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In fact, the recent purchase by Robert Millner was the biggest purchase of New Hope shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. That means that an insider was happy to buy shares at above the current price of AU$4.05. 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. It is generally more encouraging if they paid above the current price, as it suggests they saw value, even at higher levels.

While New Hope insiders bought shares during the last year, they didn't sell. The average buy price was around AU$101. These transactions suggest that insiders have considered the current price attractive. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!

See our latest analysis for New Hope ASX:NHC Insider Trading Volume September 25th 2025

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Insider Ownership Of New Hope

I like to look at how many shares insiders own in a company, to help inform my view of how aligned they are with insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. It appears that New Hope insiders own 1.6% of the company, worth about AU$55m. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.

So What Does This Data Suggest About New Hope Insiders?

It is good to see the recent insider purchase. We also take confidence from the longer term picture of insider transactions. Given that insiders also own a fair bit of New Hope we think they are probably pretty confident of a bright future. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing New Hope. For example - New Hope has 2 warning signs 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 of direct interests only, but not derivative transactions or indirect interests.

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