ANTA Sports Products Limited (HKG:2020) shareholders (or potential shareholders) will be happy to see that the Executive Director, Jie Zheng, recently bought a whopping HK$10m worth of stock, at a price of HK$67.32. Not only is that a big swing, but it increased their holding size by 19%, which is definitely great to see.

ANTA Sports Products Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In fact, the recent purchase by Jie Zheng was the biggest purchase of ANTA Sports Products shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. So it's clear an insider wanted to buy, even at a higher price than the current share price (being HK$65.20). Their view may have changed since then, but at least it shows they felt optimistic at the time. To us, it's very important to consider the price insiders pay for shares. As a general rule, we feel more positive about a stock when an insider has bought shares at above current prices, because that suggests they viewed the stock as good value, even at a higher price. The only individual insider to buy over the last year was Jie Zheng.

You can see the insider transactions (by companies and 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!

There are always plenty of stocks that insiders are buying. So if that suits your style you could check each stock one by one or you could take a look at this free list of companies. (Hint: insiders have been buying them).

Insider Ownership Of ANTA Sports Products

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. ANTA Sports Products insiders own about HK$785m worth of shares (which is 0.4% 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.

So What Does This Data Suggest About ANTA Sports Products Insiders?

It's certainly positive to see the recent insider purchase. We also take confidence from the longer term picture of insider transactions. Along with the high insider ownership, this analysis suggests that insiders are quite bullish about ANTA Sports Products. One for the watchlist, at least! So while it's helpful to know what insiders are doing in terms of buying or selling, it's also helpful to know the risks that a particular company is facing. In terms of investment risks, we've identified 1 warning sign with ANTA Sports Products and understanding it should be part of your investment process.

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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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