Ghost Bites (Grindrod Shipping | Steinhoff | Spear | Zeder)
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Comments (2)
Frits Nortje
13 Oct 2022Good day
Like Ghost, I note but don’t put much store in directors’ trading. Thus, if the CFO of a large company (ABSA) sells shares of R9m, it is noteworthy but not earth shattering. It is probably a smallish part of his wealth, and there could be several valid reasons for the sale.
BUT…. if several directors of a much smaller company (Italtile) collectively BUY R10m worth of shares, there is one reason only — they are confident of profiting from it. And THAT certainly deserves a mention in your column?
The Finance Ghost
13 Oct 2022Hi Frits! Thanks so much for the comment. So, there was indeed a dealings announcement by Italtile but you have to look closer…it was actually the Italtile & Ceramic Foundation Trust that bought the shares. The directors just happen to also be the trustees. This is completely different to the directors buying in their own names, which would be a strong bullish signal. When a foundation is buying shares (often as the B-BBEE partner), it’s because the foundation has spare cash and is using it to build up the portfolio to earn dividend income in future. On that basis, I didn’t include it in Ghost Bites as I didn’t want to give the impression of a bullish signal. Hope that makes sense?