Independent Chairman of the Board Michael Davis Just Bought A Handful Of Shares In Cyanotech Corporation (NASDAQ:CYAN)
Potential Cyanotech Corporation (NASDAQ:CYAN) shareholders may wish to note that the Independent Chairman of the Board, Michael Davis, recently bought US$126k worth of stock, paying US$3.51 for each share. However, it only increased shareholding by a small percentage, and it wasn't a huge purchase by absolute value, either.
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Cyanotech Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
In fact, the recent purchase by Michael Davis was the biggest purchase of Cyanotech shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. That means that even when the share price was higher than US$3.47 (the recent price), an insider wanted to purchase shares. It's very possible they regret the purchase, but it's more likely they are bullish about the company. To us, it's very important to consider the price insiders pay for shares. Generally speaking, it catches our eye when an insider has purchased shares at above current prices, as it suggests they believed the shares were worth buying, even at a higher price. Michael Davis was the only individual insider to buy shares in the last twelve months.
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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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. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Insiders own 19% of Cyanotech shares, worth about US$4.0m. This level of insider ownership is good but just short of being particularly stand-out. It certainly does suggest a reasonable degree of alignment.
So What Does This Data Suggest About Cyanotech Insiders?
It is good to see the recent insider purchase. And an analysis of the transactions over the last year also gives us confidence. When combined with notable insider ownership, these factors suggest Cyanotech 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. While conducting our analysis, we found that Cyanotech has 2 warning signs and it would be unwise to ignore them.
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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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