Richard Wallman Bought 7.4% More Shares In CECO Environmental

Potential CECO Environmental Corp. (NASDAQ:CECO) shareholders may wish to note that the Independent Director, Richard Wallman, recently bought US$165k worth of stock, paying US$13.76 for each share. Although the purchase only increased their holding by 7.4%, it is still a solid purchase in our view.

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CECO Environmental Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the insider, Ramesh Nuggihalli, sold US$179k worth of shares at a price of US$14.75 per share. That means that an insider was selling shares at around the current price of US$14.41. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold at a lower price. In this case, the big sale took place at around the current price, so it's not too bad (but it's still not a positive).

In the last twelve months insiders purchased 40.25k shares for US$502k. But they sold 35.00k shares for US$477k. In the last twelve months there was more buying than selling by CECO Environmental insiders. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and 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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Does CECO Environmental Boast High Insider Ownership?

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. CECO Environmental insiders own about US$38m worth of shares. That equates to 7.5% of the company. This level of insider ownership is good but just short of being particularly stand-out. It certainly does suggest a reasonable degree of alignment.

So What Do The CECO Environmental Insider Transactions Indicate?

The recent insider purchase is heartening. We also take confidence from the longer term picture of insider transactions. Given that insiders also own a fair bit of CECO Environmental we think they are probably pretty confident of a bright future. 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. To assist with this, we've discovered 1 warning sign that you should run your eye over to get a better picture of CECO Environmental.

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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 of direct interests only, but not derivative transactions or indirect interests.

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