GQG Partners Inc (ASX: GQG) shares are 0.59% higher at $1.71 while the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) is up 0.3% today.
GQG Partners is a global boutique asset management firm.
Essentially, that means the company specialises in picking winning investments.
So, it's interesting to see GQG's chief investment officer (CIO) buying up a ton of stock for his own personal portfolio lately.
Trading notices show GQG Partners' chair and CIO, Rajiv Jain, has bought $5.44 million worth of shares over the past few weeks.
Seeing senior executives buy shares in the companies they run, with their own money, typically inspires confidence in ordinary investors.
They like to see managers increasing their skin in the game.
While we don't know Jain's motivations for buying, it's common practice for senior executives to adjust their personal portfolios shortly after a company's latest financial report.
That's when a company's financial and operational health is most transparent to the market, so it's the best time for directors to trade.
GQG Partners released its 1H FY25 results during earnings season last month.
The company reported revenue of US$403 million, up 11% on 1H FY24, and a 14.4% bump in net profit after tax (NPAT) to US$230 million.
GQG Partners shares trading at 18-month lows
Additionally, Jain may have been inspired to buy because GQG Partners shares have been trading at 18-month lows of late.
GQG stock hit an 18-month low of $1.66 last week.
The share price fall has resulted in this ASX financial stock now trading on an attractive 13% trailing dividend yield.
So, it may be a great time to do some dollar-cost averaging, if you're so inclined!
On top of all that, GQG Partners shares are also about to join the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO).
That's a huge deal.
Four of Jain's 11 recent trades followed news that GQG will be one of 9 ASX shares to join the benchmark index later this month.
Gaining entry into the ASX 200 gives GQG Partners new status in the market, and may have tangible effects on the share price.
This is because each time the ASX 200 is rebalanced, the fund managers of index-tracking exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and managed funds must buy those new ASX stocks for their portfolios.
This gives new passive buying support to companies entering the ASX 200.
Jain's big buy-up
Jain began buying more GQG stock in the week after the company's 1H FY25 report was released.
Over 11 separate trades, Jain purchased just over 3.11 million GQG Partners shares.
He paid between about $1.70 per share to about $1.77 per share.
In total, Jain has invested just over $5.44 million of his own money in GQG Partners shares since late August.
Broker tips 50% upside for GQG Partners shares
Macquarie sees big potential upside ahead for this ASX financial share.
The broker maintained its outperform rating on GQG Partners following the company's 1H FY25 report.
Macquarie's new 12-month price target for GQG shares is $2.63.
That suggests a potential upside of 54% in one year for investors who buy today.
