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Bullish Aurizon Holdings Limited (ASX:AZJ) insiders filled their treasuries with AU$3.9m worth of stock over last year

In the last year, multiple insiders have substantially increased their holdings of Aurizon Holdings Limited (ASX:AZJ) stock, indicating that insiders' optimism about the company's prospects has increased.

Although we don't think shareholders should simply follow insider transactions, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

See our latest analysis for Aurizon Holdings

Aurizon Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single purchase by an insider was when MD, CEO & Director Andrew Harding bought AU$3.4m worth of shares at a price of AU$3.43 per share. We do like to see buying, but this purchase was made at well below the current price of AU$3.99. 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.

In the last twelve months Aurizon Holdings insiders were buying shares, but not selling. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, 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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Aurizon Holdings is not the only stock insiders are buying. So take a peek at this free list of growing companies with insider buying.

Insider Ownership

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Insiders own 0.2% of Aurizon Holdings shares, worth about AU$11m, according to our data. We do generally prefer see higher levels of insider ownership.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Aurizon Holdings Tell Us?

There haven't been any insider transactions in the last three months -- that doesn't mean much. But insiders have shown more of an appetite for the stock, over the last year. Overall we don't see anything to make us think Aurizon Holdings insiders are doubting the company, and they do own shares. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Aurizon Holdings. While conducting our analysis, we found that Aurizon Holdings has 2 warning signs and it would be unwise to ignore these.

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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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