Those following along with JX Luxventure Group Inc. (NASDAQ:JXG) will no doubt be intrigued by the recent purchase of shares by Sun Lei, CEO, Co-Chairwoman of the Board & Interim CFO of the company, who spent a stonking US$6.3m on stock at an average price of US$2.99. That increased their holding by a full 424%, which arguably implies the sort of confidence required for a shy sweet-natured nerd to ask the most popular kid in the school to go out on a date.

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JX Luxventure Group Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Notably, that recent purchase by Sun Lei is the biggest insider purchase of JX Luxventure Group shares that we've seen in the last year. Although we like to see insider buying, we note that this large purchase was at significantly below the recent price of US$4.11. Because it occurred at a lower valuation, it doesn't tell us much about whether insiders might find today's price attractive.

Sun Lei bought 2.43m shares over the last 12 months at an average price of US$3.39. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!

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Insider Ownership Of JX Luxventure Group

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. It appears that JX Luxventure Group insiders own 36% of the company, worth about US$14m. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At JX Luxventure Group Tell Us?

It's certainly positive to see the recent insider purchase. And an analysis of the transactions over the last year also gives us confidence. Given that insiders also own a fair bit of JX Luxventure Group we think they are probably pretty confident of a bright future. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. Be aware that JX Luxventure Group is showing 4 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 2 of those are potentially serious...

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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.