Those following along with Freegold Ventures Limited (TSE:FVL) will no doubt be intrigued by the recent purchase of shares by insider Eric Sprott, who spent a stonking CA$1.5m on stock at an average price of CA$0.40. While that only increased their holding size by 3.7%, it is still a big swing by our standards.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Freegold Ventures

In fact, the recent purchase by Eric Sprott was the biggest purchase of Freegold Ventures shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. Although we like to see insider buying, we note that this large purchase was at significantly below the recent price of CA$0.45. While it does suggest insiders consider the stock undervalued at lower prices, this transaction doesn't tell us much about what they think of current prices.

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! insider-trading-volume

Freegold Ventures is not the only stock insiders are buying. So take a peek at this freelist of growing companies with insider buying.

Insider Ownership

I like to look at how many shares insiders own in a company, to help inform my view of how aligned they are with insiders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. It appears that Freegold Ventures insiders own 27% of the company, worth about CA$50m. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders.

So What Do The Freegold Ventures Insider Transactions Indicate?

The recent insider purchase is heartening. And an analysis of the transactions over the last year also gives us confidence. But we don't feel the same about the fact the company is making losses. When combined with notable insider ownership, these factors suggest Freegold Ventures insiders are well aligned, and that they may think the share price is too low. 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. For example, Freegold Ventures has 4 warning signs (and 3 which make us uncomfortable) 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, but not derivative transactions.

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