Need To Know: Reliant Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBNC) Insiders Have Been Selling Shares
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It is not uncommon to see companies perform well in the years after insiders buy shares. On the other hand, we'd be remiss not to mention that insider sales have been known to precede tough periods for a business. So before you buy or sell Reliant Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBNC), you may well want to know whether insiders have been buying or selling.
What Is Insider Buying?
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.
Insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing. But equally, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether. For example, a Harvard University study found that 'insider purchases earn abnormal returns of more than 6% per year.'
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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Reliant Bancorp
In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the Executive VP & CFO, James Dellinger, sold US$70k worth of shares at a price of US$27.93 per share. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. The silver lining is that this sell-down took place above the latest price (US$21.98). So it is hard to draw any strong conclusion from it.
We note that in the last year insiders divested 5800 shares for a total of US$161k. Insiders in Reliant Bancorp didn't buy any shares in the last year. You can see the insider transactions (by individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!
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Insider Ownership of Reliant Bancorp
Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. It appears that Reliant Bancorp insiders own 11% of the company, worth about US$27m. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.
What Might The Insider Transactions At Reliant Bancorp Tell Us?
It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Reliant Bancorp shares in the last quarter. Our analysis of Reliant Bancorp insider transactions leaves us cautious. The modest level of insider ownership is, at least, some comfort. If you are like me, you may want to think about whether this company will grow or shrink. Luckily, you can check this free report showing analyst forecasts for its future.
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For the purposes of this article, insiders are those individuals who report their transactions to the relevant regulatory body.
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