Aspire Global plc (STO:ASPIRE) Insiders Have Been Selling
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 we'll take a look at whether insiders have been buying or selling shares in Aspire Global plc (STO:ASPIRE).
What Is Insider Selling?
It is perfectly legal for company insiders, including board members, to buy and sell stock in a company. However, such insiders must disclose their trading activities, and not trade on inside information.
We don't think shareholders should simply follow insider transactions. But logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares. For example, a Columbia University study found that 'insiders are more likely to engage in open market purchases of their own company’s stock when the firm is about to reveal new agreements with customers and suppliers'.
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Aspire Global Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
The insider, Galit Shani-Michel, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for kr980k worth of shares at a price of kr49.00 each. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. The good news is that this large sale was at well above current price of kr35.00. So it is hard to draw any strong conclusion from it.
We note that in the last year insiders divested 37332 shares for a total of kr1.8m. Aspire Global insiders didn't buy any shares over the last year. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by 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 Aspire Global
Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Aspire Global insiders own 68% of the company, currently worth about kr1.1b 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.
What Might The Insider Transactions At Aspire Global Tell Us?
The fact that there have been no Aspire Global insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. While we feel good about high insider ownership of Aspire Global, 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 Aspire Global.
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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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