Over the last year, a good number of insiders have significantly increased their holdings in BKV Corporation (NYSE:BKV). This is encouraging because it indicates that insiders are more optimistic about the company's prospects.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At BKV

The Independent Director Sunit Patel made the biggest insider purchase in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for US$900k worth of shares at a price of US$18.00 each. Although we like to see insider buying, we note that this large purchase was at significantly below the recent price of US$22.75. Because the shares were purchased at a lower price, this particular buy doesn't tell us much about how insiders feel about the current share price.

BKV insiders may have bought shares in the last year, but they didn't sell any. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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Insider Ownership

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. BKV insiders own about US$91m worth of shares. That equates to 4.7% of the company. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.

So What Do The BKV Insider Transactions Indicate?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded BKV shares in the last quarter. However, our analysis of transactions over the last year is heartening. Insiders do have a stake in BKV and their transactions don't cause us concern. Of course, the future is what matters most. So if you are interested in BKV, you should check out this free report on analyst forecasts for the company.

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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.

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