Bullish Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ:AVDL) insiders were rewarded last week as their US$1.2m investment inflated to US$1.7m

Insiders who bought Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ:AVDL) stock in the last 12 months were richly rewarded last week. The company's market value increased by US$50m as a result of the stock's 12% gain over the same period. In other words, the original US$1.2m purchase is now worth US$1.7m.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we do think it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Avadel Pharmaceuticals

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Independent Director Mark McCamish for US$985k worth of shares, at about US$5.83 per share. Although we like to see insider buying, we note that this large purchase was at significantly below the recent price of US$8.20. While it does suggest insiders consider the stock undervalued at lower prices, this transaction doesn't tell us much about what they think of current prices.

In the last twelve months Avadel Pharmaceuticals insiders were buying shares, but not selling. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!

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Insider Ownership of Avadel Pharmaceuticals

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. Insiders own 1.3% of Avadel Pharmaceuticals shares, worth about US$6.4m, according to our data. Overall, this level of ownership isn't that impressive, but it's certainly better than nothing!

So What Does This Data Suggest About Avadel Pharmaceuticals Insiders?

The fact that there have been no Avadel Pharmaceuticals insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. On a brighter note, the transactions over the last year are encouraging. We'd like to see bigger individual holdings. However, we don't see anything to make us think Avadel Pharmaceuticals insiders are doubting the company. 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 - Avadel Pharmaceuticals has 1 warning sign 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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