Potential Volt Group Limited (ASX:VPR) shareholders may wish to note that the CEO, MD & Executive Chairman, Adam Boyd, recently bought AU$276k worth of stock, paying AU$0.13 for each share. That's a very solid buy in our book, and increased their holding by a noteworthy 11%.

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Volt Group Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In fact, the recent purchase by Adam Boyd was the biggest purchase of Volt Group shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. So it's clear an insider wanted to buy, at around the current price, which is AU$0.14. Of course they may have changed their mind. But this suggests they are optimistic. While we always like to see insider buying, it's less meaningful if the purchases were made at much lower prices, as the opportunity they saw may have passed. The good news for Volt Group share holders is that insiders were buying at near the current price.

While Volt Group insiders bought shares during the last year, they didn't sell. 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!

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Insider Ownership

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company 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. Volt Group insiders own about AU$8.6m worth of shares (which is 55% of the company). Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Volt Group Tell Us?

It is good to see the recent insider purchase. And an analysis of the transactions over the last year also gives us confidence. Along with the high insider ownership, this analysis suggests that insiders are quite bullish about Volt Group. Looks promising! In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Volt Group. Case in point: We've spotted 3 warning signs for Volt Group you should be aware of, and 1 of these is significant.

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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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