Yahoo Finance Chubb Limited's (NYSE:CB)) market cap declines to US$74b but insiders who sold US$36m stock were able to hedge their losses
Insiders at Chubb Limited (NYSE:CB) sold US$36m worth of stock at an average price of US$203 a share over the past year, making the most of their investment. The company's market worth decreased by US$4.3b over the past week after the stock price dropped 5.6%, although insiders were able to minimize their losses
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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Chubb Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the Executive Chairman & CEO, Evan Greenberg, sold US$13m worth of shares at a price of US$210 per share. While we don't usually like to see insider selling, it's more concerning if the sales take place at a lower price. It's of some comfort that this sale was conducted at a price well above the current share price, which is US$181. So it may not tell us anything about how insiders feel about the current share price.
Insiders in Chubb didn't buy any shares in the last year. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!
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Chubb Insiders Are Selling The Stock
The last quarter saw substantial insider selling of Chubb shares. Specifically, Executive Chairman & CEO Evan Greenberg ditched US$5.0m worth of shares in that time, and we didn't record any purchases whatsoever. Overall this makes us a bit cautious, but it's not the be all and end all.
Insider Ownership
Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. It's great to see that Chubb insiders own 0.5% of the company, worth about US$368m. Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.
What Might The Insider Transactions At Chubb Tell Us?
An insider sold stock recently, but they haven't been buying. And even if we look at the last year, we didn't see any purchases. While insiders do own a lot of shares in the company (which is good), our analysis of their transactions doesn't make us feel confident about the company. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Chubb. You'd be interested to know, that we found 1 warning sign for Chubb and we suggest you have a look.
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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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