Potential China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited (HKG:1848) shareholders may wish to note that the Deputy CEO, Wanting Liu, recently bought HK$3.0m worth of stock, paying HK$5.07 for each share. While that's a very decent purchase to our minds, it was proportionally a bit modest, boosting their holding by just 5.1%.

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China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In fact, the recent purchase by Wanting Liu was the biggest purchase of China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings 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$4.86). While their view may have changed since the purchase was made, this does at least suggest they have had confidence in the company's future. In our view, the price an insider pays for shares is very important. As a general rule, we feel more positive about a stock if insiders have bought shares at above current prices, because that suggests they viewed the stock as good value, even at a higher price.

China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings insiders may have bought shares in the last year, but they didn't sell any. 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!

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Does China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Boast High Insider Ownership?

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. It appears that China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings insiders own 3.9% of the company, worth about HK$141m. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.

So What Does This Data Suggest About China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings 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 China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings. Nice! So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. When we did our research, we found 3 warning signs for China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings (1 doesn't sit too well with us!) that we believe deserve your full attention.

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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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