Strathcona Resources Insiders Added CA$10.4m Of Stock To Their Holdings

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12-02-2025

Multiple insiders secured a larger position in Strathcona Resources Ltd. (TSE:SCR) shares over the last 12 months. This is reassuring as this suggests that insiders have increased optimism about the company's prospects.
While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.
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Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Non-Independent Director Andrew Kim for CA$6.5m worth of shares, at about CA$29.00 per share. That means that even when the share price was higher than CA$26.90 (the recent price), an insider wanted to purchase shares. Their view may have changed since then, but at least it shows they felt optimistic at the time. To us, it's very important to consider the price insiders pay for shares. Generally speaking, it catches our eye when insiders have purchased shares at above current prices, as it suggests they believed the shares were worth buying, even at a higher price.
In the last twelve months Strathcona Resources insiders were buying shares, but not selling. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!
There are plenty of other companies that have insiders buying up shares. You probably do not want to miss this free list of undervalued small cap companies that insiders are buying.
It's good to see that Strathcona Resources insiders have made notable investments in the company's shares. Overall, eight insiders shelled out CA$9.2m for shares in the company -- and none sold. This is a positive in our book as it implies some confidence.
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 Strathcona Resources insiders own 0.3% of the company, worth about CA$19m. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.
The recent insider purchases are heartening. We also take confidence from the longer term picture of insider transactions. When combined with notable insider ownership, these factors suggest Strathcona Resources 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. To that end, you should learn about the 2 warning signs we've spotted with Strathcona Resources (including 1 which doesn't sit too well with us).
But note: Strathcona Resources may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with high ROE and low debt.
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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