We note that the Langham Hospitality Investments Limited (HKG:1270) Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, Ka Shui Lo, recently sold HK$393k worth of stock for HK$0.45 per share. On the bright side, that's just a small sale and only reduced their holding by 0.6%.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Langham Hospitality Investments

In fact, the recent sale by Non-Executive Chairman of the Board Ka Shui Lo was not their only sale of Langham Hospitality Investments shares this year. They previously made an even bigger sale of -HK$1.4m worth of shares at a price of HK$0.56 per share. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold at a lower price. The silver lining is that this sell-down took place above the latest price (HK$0.45). So it may not tell us anything about how insiders feel about the current share price.

Ka Shui Lo sold a total of 6.89m shares over the year at an average price of HK$0.54. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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Insider Ownership

Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Insiders own 4.3% of Langham Hospitality Investments shares, worth about HK$68m, according to our data. Whilst better than nothing, we're not overly impressed by these holdings.

So What Do The Langham Hospitality Investments Insider Transactions Indicate?

An insider sold Langham Hospitality Investments shares recently, but they didn't buy any. And there weren't any purchases to give us comfort, over the last year. On the plus side, Langham Hospitality Investments makes money, and is growing profits. Insider ownership isn't particularly high, so this analysis makes us cautious about the company. So we'd only buy after careful consideration. While it's good to be aware of what's going on with the insider's ownership and transactions, we make sure to also consider what risks are facing a stock before making any investment decision. For example, Langham Hospitality Investments has 5 warning signs (and 2 which can't be ignored) we think you should know about.

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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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