How Many Ridgestone Mining Inc. (CVE:RMI) Shares Did Insiders Buy, In The Last Year?

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We often see insiders buying up shares in companies that perform well over the long term. The flip side of that is that there are more than a few examples of insiders dumping stock prior to a period of weak performance. So shareholders might well want to know whether insiders have been buying or selling shares in Ridgestone Mining Inc. (CVE:RMI).

What Is Insider Selling?

It's quite normal to see company insiders, such as board members, trading in company stock, from time to time. However, such insiders must disclose their trading activities, and not trade on inside information.

We would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing. But it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing. For example, a Columbia University study found that 'insiders are more likely to engage in open market purchases of their own company’s stock when the firm is about to reveal new agreements with customers and suppliers'.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Ridgestone Mining

In the last twelve months, the biggest single purchase by an insider was when CFO, Corporate Secretary & Director Erwin Wong bought CA$132k worth of shares at a price of CA$0.18 per share. We do like to see buying, but this purchase was made at well below the current price of CA$0.25. But because it occurred at a lower valuation, it doesn't tell us much about whether insiders might find today's price attractive.

Happily, we note that in the last year insiders bought 932k shares for a total of CA$135k. In the last twelve months Ridgestone Mining insiders were buying shares, but not selling. Their average price was about CA$0.14. To my mind it is good that insiders have invested their own money in the company. However, we do note that they were buying at significantly lower prices than today's share price. You can see the insider transactions (by individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!

TSXV:RMI Recent Insider Trading, July 19th 2019
TSXV:RMI Recent Insider Trading, July 19th 2019

Ridgestone Mining is not the only stock insiders are buying. So take a peek at this free list of growing companies with insider buying.

Insider Ownership of Ridgestone Mining

Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Ridgestone Mining insiders own about CA$1.4m worth of shares. That equates to 17% of the company. 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 Does This Data Suggest About Ridgestone Mining Insiders?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Ridgestone Mining shares in the last quarter. However, our analysis of transactions over the last year is heartening. Overall we don't see anything to make us think Ridgestone Mining insiders are doubting the company, and they do own shares. I like to dive deeper into how a company has performed in the past. You can find historic revenue and earnings in this detailed graph.

But note: Ridgestone Mining may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with high ROE and low debt.

For the purposes of this article, insiders are those individuals who report their transactions to the relevant regulatory body.

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