Potential Peter Warren Automotive Holdings Limited (ASX:PWR) shareholders may wish to note that the Independent Non-Executive Director, John Eastham, recently bought AU$568k worth of stock, paying AU$0.81 for each share. That's a very solid buy in our book, and increased their holding by a noteworthy 40%.

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Peter Warren Automotive Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Notably, that recent purchase by John Eastham is the biggest insider purchase of Peter Warren Automotive Holdings shares that we've seen in the last year. That means that an insider was happy to buy shares at around the current price of AU$0.90. That means they have been optimistic about the company in the past, though they may have changed their mind. We do always like to see insider buying, but it is worth noting if those purchases were made at well below today's share price, as the discount to value may have narrowed with the rising price. The good news for Peter Warren Automotive Holdings share holders is that insiders were buying at near the current price.

In the last twelve months Peter Warren Automotive Holdings insiders were buying shares, but not selling. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!

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Insider Ownership

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. It appears that Peter Warren Automotive Holdings insiders own 40% of the company, worth about AU$61m. 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 Do The Peter Warren Automotive Holdings Insider Transactions Indicate?

The recent insider purchases are heartening. We also take confidence from the longer term picture of insider transactions. Given that insiders also own a fair bit of Peter Warren Automotive Holdings we think they are probably pretty confident of a bright future. 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. To that end, you should learn about the 2 warning signs we've spotted with Peter Warren Automotive Holdings (including 1 which can't be ignored).

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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.