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Have Insiders Been Selling Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) Shares This Year?

We often see insiders buying up shares in companies that perform well over the long term. 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 shareholders might well want to know whether insiders have been buying or selling shares in Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR).

What Is Insider Selling?

It is perfectly legal for company insiders, including board members, to buy and sell stock in a company. However, most countries require that the company discloses such transactions to the market.

We don’t think shareholders should simply follow insider transactions. But equally, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether. As Peter Lynch said, ‘insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise.’

Check out our latest analysis for Acadia Realty Trust

Acadia Realty Trust Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider sale was by Executive VP & COO Christopher Conlon for US$254k worth of shares, at about US$27.57 per share. That means that an insider was selling shares at around the current price of US$23.41. They could have a variety of motivations for selling, but it’s still not particularly encouraging to see. We generally tread carefully if insiders have been selling on market, even if they sold slightly above the current price.

In the last twelve months insiders netted US$532k for 19.08k shares sold. All up, insiders sold more shares in Acadia Realty Trust than they bought, over the last year. The sellers received a price of around US$27.89, on average. We don’t gain much confidence from insider selling near the recent share price. While some insiders have decided to take some money off the table, we wouldn’t put too much weight on this fact. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions over the last 12 months, below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!

NYSE:AKR Insider Trading January 4th 19
NYSE:AKR Insider Trading January 4th 19

I will like Acadia Realty Trust better if I see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of growing companies with considerable, recent, insider buying.

Acadia Realty Trust Insiders Are Selling The Stock

The last three months saw significant insider selling at Acadia Realty Trust. In total, insiders dumped US$134k worth of shares in that time, and we didn’t record any purchases whatsoever. In light of this it’s hard to argue that all the directors think that the shares are a bargain.

Does Acadia Realty Trust Boast High Insider Ownership?

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Acadia Realty Trust insiders own 0.6% of the company, currently worth about US$13m 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 Acadia Realty Trust Tell Us?

Insiders sold stock recently, but they haven’t been buying. And even if we look to the last year, we didn’t see any purchases. Insiders own shares, but we’re still pretty cautious, given the history of sales. We’d think twice before buying! Therefore, you should should definitely take a look at this FREE report showing analyst forecasts for Acadia Realty Trust.

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To help readers see past the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements.

The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com.

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