When a single insider purchases stock, it is typically not a major deal. However, when multiple insiders purchase stock, like in Pensana Plc's (LON:PRE) instance, it's good news for shareholders.

While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

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Pensana Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Executive Chairman Paul Atherley for UK￡120k worth of shares, at about UK￡0.26 per share. So it's clear an insider wanted to buy, even at a higher price than the current share price (being UK￡0.18). Their view may have changed since then, but at least it shows they felt optimistic at the time. We always take careful note of the price insiders pay when purchasing shares. Generally speaking, it catches our eye when insiders have purchased shares at above current prices, as it suggests they believed the shares were worth buying, even at a higher price.

Pensana 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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Insiders At Pensana Have Bought Stock Recently

There was some insider buying at Pensana over the last quarter. CEO & Executive Director Timothy George bought UK￡10.0k worth of shares in that time. It's great to see that insiders are only buying, not selling. However, in this case the amount invested recently is quite small.

Insider Ownership

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by 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. Our data indicates that Pensana insiders own about UK￡3.3m worth of shares (which is 6.4% of the company). Overall, this level of ownership isn't that impressive, but it's certainly better than nothing!

What Might The Insider Transactions At Pensana Tell Us?

We note a that there has been a bit of insider buying recently (but no selling). That said, the purchases were not large. However, our analysis of transactions over the last year is heartening. The transactions are fine but it'd be more encouraging if Pensana insiders bought more shares in the company. 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 instance, we've identified 5 warning signs for Pensana (2 are significant) you should be aware of.