Insiders were net buyers of Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd.'s (LON:RQIH ) stock during the past year. That is, insiders bought more stock than they sold.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings

In the last twelve months, the biggest single purchase by an insider was when Group CFO & Executive Director Thomas Solomon bought UK£256k worth of shares at a price of UK£1.71 per share. That means that even when the share price was higher than UK£1.66 (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. 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. Thomas Solomon was the only individual insider to buy during the last year.

Thomas Solomon bought a total of 200.00k shares over the year at an average price of UK£1.70. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction! insider-trading-volume

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Insider Ownership of Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings

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. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings insiders own about UK£24m worth of shares. That equates to 5.2% of the company. 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 Do The Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Insider Transactions Indicate?

There haven't been any insider transactions in the last three months -- that doesn't mean much. But insiders have shown more of an appetite for the stock, over the last year. Overall we don't see anything to make us think Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings insiders are doubting the company, and they do own shares. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings. While conducting our analysis, we found that Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings has 2 warning signs and it would be unwise to ignore them.

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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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