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Bullish Oakley Capital Investments Insiders Loaded Up On UK£1.76m Of Stock

Simply Wall St · 07/05 09:15

Quite a few insiders have dramatically grown their holdings in Oakley Capital Investments Limited (LON:OCI) over the past 12 months. An insider's optimism about the company's prospects is a positive sign.

Although we don't think shareholders should simply follow insider transactions, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Oakley Capital Investments

The Co-Founder Peter Adam Dubens made the biggest insider purchase in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for UK£579k worth of shares at a price of UK£5.06 each. So it's clear an insider wanted to buy, at around the current price, which is UK£5.20. That means they have been optimistic about the company in the past, though they may have changed their mind. While we always like to see insider buying, it's less meaningful if the purchases were made at much lower prices, as the opportunity they saw may have passed. The good news for Oakley Capital Investments share holders is that insiders were buying at near the current price.

In the last twelve months Oakley Capital Investments insiders were buying shares, but not selling. 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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LSE:OCI Insider Trading Volume July 5th 2025

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Does Oakley Capital Investments Boast High Insider Ownership?

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. Oakley Capital Investments insiders own 13% of the company, currently worth about UK£115m based on the recent share price. Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Oakley Capital Investments Tell Us?

There haven't been any insider transactions in the last three months -- that doesn't mean much. However, our analysis of transactions over the last year is heartening. It would be great to see more insider buying, but overall it seems like Oakley Capital Investments insiders are reasonably well aligned (owning significant chunk of the company's shares) and optimistic for the future. While it's good to be aware of what's going on with the insider's ownership and transactions, we make sure to also consider what risks are facing a stock before making any investment decision. While conducting our analysis, we found that Oakley Capital Investments 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 of direct interests only, but not derivative transactions or indirect interests.