Yahoo Finance How Much Are Tritax Big Box REIT plc (LON:BBOX) Insiders Spending On Buying Shares?
It is not uncommon to see companies perform well in the years after insiders buy shares. Unfortunately, there are also plenty of examples of share prices declining precipitously after insiders have sold shares. So before you buy or sell Tritax Big Box REIT plc (LON:BBOX), you may well want to know whether insiders have been buying or selling.
What Is Insider Buying?
It is perfectly legal for company insiders, including board members, to buy and sell stock in a company. However, most countries require that the company discloses such transactions to the market.
Insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing. But logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares. As Peter Lynch said, 'insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise'.
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Tritax Big Box REIT Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Partner James Dunlop for UK£273k worth of shares, at about UK£0.88 per share. Although we like to see insider buying, we note that this large purchase was at significantly below the recent price of UK£1.78. 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.
Tritax Big Box REIT insiders may have bought shares in the last year, but they didn't sell any. The average buy price was around UK£1.05. It is certainly positive to see that insiders have invested their own money in the company. However, we do note that they were buying at significantly lower prices than today's share price. 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 Tritax Big Box REIT
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. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. Tritax Big Box REIT insiders own about UK£16m worth of shares. That equates to 0.5% of the company. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.
What Might The Insider Transactions At Tritax Big Box REIT Tell Us?
It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Tritax Big Box REIT shares in the last quarter. But insiders have shown more of an appetite for the stock, over the last year. Insiders do have a stake in Tritax Big Box REIT and their transactions don't cause us concern. While we like knowing what's going on with the insider's ownership and transactions, we make sure to also consider what risks are facing a stock before making any investment decision. For example, Tritax Big Box REIT has 4 warning signs (and 3 which are significant) we think you should know about.
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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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