EverChina Int'l Holdings Company Limited (HKG:202) shareholders (or potential shareholders) will be happy to see that the Executive Director, Angang Shen, recently bought a whopping HK$19m worth of stock, at a price of HK$0.20. Aside from being a solid chunk in its own right, the deft move also saw their holding increase by some 19%.

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EverChina Int'l Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In fact, the recent purchase by Angang Shen was the biggest purchase of EverChina Int'l Holdings 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 HK$0.19 (the recent price), an insider wanted to purchase shares. 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. It is encouraging to see an insider paid above the current price for shares, as it suggests they saw value, even at higher levels. Angang Shen was the only individual insider to buy over the year.

Angang Shen bought a total of 213480000 shares over the year at an average price of HK$0.20. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by 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. EverChina Int'l Holdings insiders own about HK$429m worth of shares. That equates to 31% 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 EverChina Int'l Holdings Insider Transactions Indicate?

It is good to see the recent insider purchase. And an analysis of the transactions over the last year also gives us confidence. But we don't feel the same about the fact the company is making losses. Along with the high insider ownership, this analysis suggests that insiders are quite bullish about EverChina Int'l Holdings. One for the watchlist, at least! To put this in context, take a look at how a company has performed in the past. You can access this detailed graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.

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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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