Yahoo Finance 100% Of This United Parcel Service Insider's Holdings Were Sold
Viewing insider transactions for United Parcel Service, Inc.'s (NYSE:UPS ) over the last year, we see that insiders were net sellers. This means that a larger number of shares were sold by insiders in relation to shares purchased.
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 United Parcel Service
In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the Executive VP & President of U.S. and UPS Airline, Nando Cesarone, sold US$3.9m worth of shares at a price of US$172 per share. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. The silver lining is that this sell-down took place above the latest price (US$148). So it is hard to draw any strong conclusion from it. Nando Cesarone was the only individual insider to sell shares in the last twelve months.
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!
I will like United Parcel Service better if I see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of growing companies with considerable, recent, insider buying.
Insider Ownership
Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Insiders own 0.07% of United Parcel Service shares, worth about US$91m. This level of insider ownership is good but just short of being particularly stand-out. It certainly does suggest a reasonable degree of alignment.
So What Does This Data Suggest About United Parcel Service Insiders?
There haven't been any insider transactions in the last three months -- that doesn't mean much. Still, the insider transactions at United Parcel Service in the last 12 months are not very heartening. But we do like the fact that insiders own a fair chunk of the company. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing United Parcel Service. When we did our research, we found 3 warning signs for United Parcel Service (1 is potentially serious!) that we believe deserve your full attention.
But note: United Parcel Service may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with high ROE and low debt.
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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