Trade Alert: The Independent Chairman of the Board Of BayCom Corp (NASDAQ:BCML), Lloyd Kendall, Has Just Spent US$150k Buying 14% More Shares

Potential BayCom Corp (NASDAQ:BCML) shareholders may wish to note that the Independent Chairman of the Board, Lloyd Kendall, recently bought US$150k worth of stock, paying US$15.00 for each share. That's a very decent purchase to our minds and it grew their holding by a solid 14%.

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BayCom Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In fact, the recent purchase by Lloyd Kendall was the biggest purchase of BayCom shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. That means that an insider was happy to buy shares at above the current price of US$13.11. It's very possible they regret the purchase, but it's more likely they are bullish about the company. We always take careful note of the price insiders pay when purchasing shares. It is generally more encouraging if they paid above the current price, as it suggests they saw value, even at higher levels.

While BayCom insiders bought shares during the last year, they didn't sell. You can see the insider transactions (by 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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Insider Ownership

I like to look at how many shares insiders own in a company, to help inform my view of how aligned they are with insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. From our data, it seems that BayCom insiders own 5.9% of the company, worth about US$9.4m. Overall, this level of ownership isn't that impressive, but it's certainly better than nothing!

What Might The Insider Transactions At BayCom Tell Us?

It's certainly positive to see the recent insider purchases. We also take confidence from the longer term picture of insider transactions. On this analysis the only slight negative we see is the fairly low (overall) insider ownership; their transactions suggest that they are quite positive on BayCom stock. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. For example - BayCom has 2 warning signs we think you should be aware of.

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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, but not derivative transactions.

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