From what we can see, insiders were net sellers in Cembre S.p.A.'s (BIT:CMB ) during the past 12 months. That is, insiders sold the stock in greater numbers than they purchased it.
While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.
Cembre Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the Deputy Chairman of the Board, Aldo Bottini Bongrani, sold €386k worth of shares at a price of €83.93 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. The good news is that this large sale was at well above current price of €74.70. So it is hard to draw any strong conclusion from it. Aldo Bottini Bongrani was the only individual insider to sell shares in the last twelve months.
Aldo Bottini Bongrani ditched 16.45k shares over the year. The average price per share was €88.10. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, 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 Cembre
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. Cembre insiders own about €226m worth of shares (which is 18% of the company). 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 Cembre Tell Us?
There haven't been any insider transactions in the last three months -- that doesn't mean much. It's great to see high levels of insider ownership, but looking back over the last year, we don't gain confidence from the Cembre insiders selling. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. You'd be interested to know, that we found 1 warning sign for Cembre 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 of direct interests only, but not derivative transactions or indirect interests.
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