Insiders Enjoy CN¥63m Return After Buying Tong Tong AI Social Group Stock

Insiders who bought Tong Tong AI Social Group Limited (HKG:628) in the last 12 months may probably not pay attention to the stock's recent 11% drop. After accounting for the recent loss, the CN¥25.2m worth of shares they purchased is now worth CN¥88.1m, suggesting a good return on their investment.

Although we don't think shareholders should simply follow insider transactions, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.

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Tong Tong AI Social Group Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by insider Minjing Luo for HK$25m worth of shares, at about HK$0.08 per share. Even though the purchase was made at a significantly lower price than the recent price (HK$0.28), we still think insider buying is a positive. Because it occurred at a lower valuation, it doesn't tell us much about whether insiders might find today's price attractive.

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 Of Tong Tong AI Social Group

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. Tong Tong AI Social Group insiders own 44% of the company, currently worth about HK$646m based on the recent share price. 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 Tong Tong AI Social Group Tell Us?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Tong Tong AI Social Group shares in the last quarter. However, our analysis of transactions over the last year is heartening. It would be great to see more insider buying, but overall it seems like Tong Tong AI Social Group insiders are reasonably well aligned (owning significant chunk of the company's shares) and optimistic for the future. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. For example, Tong Tong AI Social Group has 2 warning signs (and 1 which is significant) 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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