Yahoo Finance Multiple insiders bought Naked Wines plc (LON:WINE) stock earlier this year, a positive sign for shareholders
Usually, when one insider buys stock, it might not be a monumental event. But when multiple insiders are buying like they did in the case of Naked Wines plc (LON:WINE), that sends out a positive message to the company's shareholders.
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.
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Naked Wines Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
The Independent Non-Executive Chairman Darryl Graham Rawlings made the biggest insider purchase in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for UK£128k worth of shares at a price of UK£8.06 each. So it's clear an insider wanted to buy, even at a higher price than the current share price (being UK£3.51). It's very possible they regret the purchase, but it's more likely they are bullish about the company. We always take careful note of the price insiders pay when purchasing 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.
Naked Wines insiders may have bought shares in the last year, but they didn't sell any. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and 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 Naked Wines
For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Our data isn't picking up on much insider ownership at Naked Wines, though insiders do hold about UK£676k worth of shares. But they may have an indirect interest through a corporate structure that we haven't picked up on. We might be missing something but that seems like very low insider ownership.
So What Do The Naked Wines Insider Transactions Indicate?
The fact that there have been no Naked Wines insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. On a brighter note, the transactions over the last year are encouraging. While we have no worries about the insider transactions, we'd be more comfortable if they owned more Naked Wines stock. So while it's helpful to know what insiders are doing in terms of buying or selling, it's also helpful to know the risks that a particular company is facing. For example - Naked Wines has 1 warning sign we think you should be aware of.
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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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