Yahoo Finance Who Has Been Selling AB Dynamics Plc (LON:ABDP) Shares?
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We've lost count of how many times insiders have accumulated shares in a company that goes on to improve markedly. The flip side of that is that there are more than a few examples of insiders dumping stock prior to a period of weak performance. So before you buy or sell AB Dynamics Plc (LON:ABDP), you may well want to know whether insiders have been buying or selling.
What Is Insider Selling?
It's quite normal to see company insiders, such as board members, trading in company stock, from time to time. However, most countries require that the company discloses such transactions to the market.
We would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing. But it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing. For example, a Harvard University study found that 'insider purchases earn abnormal returns of more than 6% per year.'
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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At AB Dynamics
The CFO, Company Secretary & Director, Robert Andrew Hart, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for UK£200k worth of shares at a price of UK£15.38 each. That means that an insider was selling shares at slightly below the current price (UK£27.00). When an insider sells below the current price, it suggests that they considered that lower price to be fair. That makes us wonder what they think of the (higher) recent valuation. While insider selling is not a positive sign, we can't be sure if it does mean insiders think the shares are fully valued, so it's only a weak sign. This single sale was 100% of Robert Andrew Hart's stake.
In the last twelve months insiders netted UK£477k for 31805 shares sold. Insiders in AB Dynamics didn't buy any shares in the last year. You can see the insider transactions (by 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!
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Insider Ownership of AB Dynamics
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. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. AB Dynamics insiders own 34% of the company, currently worth about UK£203m based on the recent share price. I like to see this level of insider ownership, because it increases the chances that management are thinking about the best interests of shareholders.
So What Do The AB Dynamics Insider Transactions Indicate?
It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded AB Dynamics shares in the last quarter. While we feel good about high insider ownership of AB Dynamics, we can't say the same about the selling of shares. Therefore, you should should definitely take a look at this FREE report showing analyst forecasts for AB Dynamics.
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