How Much Are Crystal Lake Mining Corporation (CVE:CLM) Insiders Spending On Buying Shares?

We've lost count of how many times insiders have accumulated shares in a company that goes on to improve markedly. Unfortunately, there are also plenty of examples of share prices declining precipitously after insiders have sold shares. So shareholders might well want to know whether insiders have been buying or selling shares in Crystal Lake Mining Corporation (CVE:CLM).

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, rules govern insider transactions, and certain disclosures are required.

We would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing. But logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares. 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 Crystal Lake Mining

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by President Maurizio Napoli for CA$75k worth of shares, at about CA$0.10 per share. Even though the purchase was made at a significantly lower price than the recent price (CA$0.17), we still think insider buying is a positive. Because the shares were purchased at a lower price, this particular buy doesn't tell us much about how insiders feel about the current share price.

Happily, we note that in the last year insiders paid CA$272k for 2.04m shares. But insiders sold 208500 shares worth CA$78k. In total, Crystal Lake Mining insiders bought more than they sold over the last year. They paid about CA$0.13 on average. We don't deny that it is nice to see insiders buying stock in the company. However, you should keep in mind that they bought when the share price was meaningfully below today's levels. The chart below shows insider transactions (by 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!

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Insiders at Crystal Lake Mining Have Bought Stock Recently

It's good to see that Crystal Lake Mining insiders have made notable investments in the company's shares. Overall, four insiders shelled out CA$162k for shares in the company -- and none sold. This could be interpreted as suggesting a positive outlook.

Insider Ownership of Crystal Lake Mining

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Our data suggests Crystal Lake Mining insiders own 4.2% of the company, worth about CA$1.1m. I generally like to see higher levels of ownership.

So What Do The Crystal Lake Mining Insider Transactions Indicate?

It is good to see recent purchasing. And an analysis of the transactions over the last year also gives us confidence. But on the other hand, the company made a loss last year, which makes us a little cautious. On this analysis the only slight negative we see is the fairly low (overall) insider ownership; their transactions suggest that they are quite positive on Crystal Lake Mining stock. I like to dive deeper into how a company has performed in the past. You can access this interactive graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow for free.

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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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