Insiders who bought Trigg Minerals Limited (ASX:TMG) stock lover the last 12 months are probably not as affected by last week’s 11% loss. Reason being, despite the recent loss, insiders original purchase value of AU$700.1k is now worth AU$3.42m.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we do think it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing.

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Trigg Minerals Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by insider Yonglu Yu for AU$357k worth of shares, at about AU$0.007 per share. We do like to see buying, but this purchase was made at well below the current price of AU$0.042. Because it occurred at a lower valuation, it doesn't tell us much about whether insiders might find today's price attractive.

In the last twelve months insiders purchased 81.51m shares for AU$700k. But they sold 1.00m shares for AU$11k. In total, Trigg Minerals insiders bought more than they sold over the last year. They paid about AU$0.0086 on average. To my mind it is good that insiders have invested their own money in the company. But we must note that the investments were made at well below today's share price. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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Are Trigg Minerals Insiders Buying Or Selling?

The last three months saw some Trigg Minerals insider selling. insider David Steinepreis sold just AU$11k worth of shares in that time. It's not great to see insider selling, nor the lack of recent buyers. But the amount sold isn't enough for us to put any weight on it.

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. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Insiders own 31% of Trigg Minerals shares, worth about AU$6.9m. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Trigg Minerals Tell Us?

Our data shows a little more insider selling, but no insider buying, in the last three months. But the sales were small, so we're not concerned. On a brighter note, the transactions over the last year are encouraging. Overall we don't see anything to make us think Trigg Minerals insiders are doubting the company, and they do own shares. 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 Trigg Minerals (3 are a bit concerning) you should be aware of.

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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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