Yahoo Finance Insider Buys Additional NZ$678k In Mainfreight Stock
Investors who take an interest in Mainfreight Limited (NZSE:MFT) should definitely note that the Group MD & Director, Donald Braid, recently paid NZ$67.77 per share to buy NZ$678k worth of the stock. However, it only increased shareholding by a small percentage, and it wasn't a huge purchase by absolute value, either.
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Mainfreight Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
The Founding Owner & Executive Chairman Bruce Plested made the biggest insider purchase in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for NZ$3.5m worth of shares at a price of NZ$69.49 each. That means that even when the share price was higher than NZ$67.85 (the recent price), an insider wanted to purchase shares. Their view may have changed since then, but at least it shows they felt optimistic at the time. To us, it's very important to consider the price insiders pay for shares. Generally speaking, it catches our eye when insiders have purchased shares at above current prices, as it suggests they believed the shares were worth buying, even at a higher price.
Happily, we note that in the last year insiders paid NZ$8.3m for 117.70k shares. On the other hand they divested 15.72k shares, for NZ$1.2m. In total, Mainfreight insiders bought more than they sold over the last year. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!
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Insider Ownership
Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. Mainfreight insiders own 18% of the company, currently worth about NZ$1.3b based on the recent share price. This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.
So What Does This Data Suggest About Mainfreight Insiders?
It is good to see the recent insider purchase. We also take confidence from the longer term picture of insider transactions. Along with the high insider ownership, this analysis suggests that insiders are quite bullish about Mainfreight. One for the watchlist, at least! Of course, the future is what matters most. So if you are interested in Mainfreight, you should check out this free report on analyst forecasts for the company.
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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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