Shareholders May Not Overlook Sunny Side Up Culture Holdings Insiders Selling HK$18m In Stock

Last week, Sunny Side Up Culture Holdings Limited's (HKG:8082) stock jumped 10.0%, but insiders who sold HK$18m worth of stock in over the past year are likely to be in a better position. Holding on to stock would have meant their investment would be worth less now than it was at the time of sale. Thus selling at an average price of HK$0.057, which is higher than the current price, may have been the best decision.

While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, we do think it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing.

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Sunny Side Up Culture Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the insider, Bing Chui, sold HK$12m worth of shares at a price of HK$0.06 per share. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold at a lower price. The good news is that this large sale was at well above current price of HK$0.033. So it may not shed much light on insider confidence at current levels. The only individual insider seller over the last year was Bing Chui.

Bing Chui ditched 310.80m shares over the year. The average price per share was HK$0.057. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!

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Insider Ownership

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. It appears that Sunny Side Up Culture Holdings insiders own 26% of the company, worth about HK$21m. 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 Sunny Side Up Culture Holdings Insiders?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Sunny Side Up Culture Holdings shares in the last quarter. Our analysis of Sunny Side Up Culture Holdings insider transactions leaves us cautious. But it's good to see that insiders own 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 4 warning signs for Sunny Side Up Culture Holdings (2 are a bit unpleasant) 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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