AMERISAFE, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSF) shareholders may have reason to be concerned, as several insiders sold their shares over the past year. When analyzing insider transactions, it is usually more valuable to know whether insiders are buying versus knowing if they are selling, as the latter sends an ambiguous message. However, if numerous insiders are selling, shareholders should investigate more.
While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, we do think it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing.
AMERISAFE Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
The Executive VP & CFO, Anastasios Omiridis, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for US$170k worth of shares at a price of US$51.22 each. That means that an insider was selling shares at around the current price of US$50.88. 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).
Insiders in AMERISAFE didn't buy any shares in the last year. 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!
NasdaqGS:AMSF Insider Trading Volume April 20th 2024
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Insider Ownership Of AMERISAFE
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. AMERISAFE insiders own about US$16m worth of shares. That equates to 1.6% of the company. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders.
So What Does This Data Suggest About AMERISAFE Insiders?
It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded AMERISAFE shares in the last quarter. We don't take much encouragement from the transactions by AMERISAFE insiders. But we do like the fact that insiders own a fair chunk of the company. 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 help with this, we've discovered 2 warning signs (1 is significant!) that you ought to be aware of before buying any shares in AMERISAFE.
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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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AMERISAFE, Inc.(納斯達克股票代碼:AMSF)的股東可能有理由擔心,因爲在過去的一年中,有幾位內部人士出售了他們的股票。在分析內幕交易時,了解內部人士是否在買入通常比知道他們是否在賣出更有價值,因爲後者發出的信息模棱兩可。但是,如果有許多內部人士出售,股東應該進行更多調查。
儘管我們絕不會建議投資者僅根據公司董事的所作所爲做出決定,但我們確實認爲密切關注內部人士的行爲是完全合乎邏輯的。
去年的AMERISAFE內幕交易
執行副總裁兼首席財務官阿納斯塔西奧斯·奧米里迪斯進行了過去12個月來最大規模的內幕出售。這筆單筆交易是價值17萬美元的股票,每股價格爲51.22美元。這意味着一位內部人士正在以目前的50.88美元左右的價格出售股票。儘管內幕拋售是負面的,但對我們來說,如果以較低的價格出售股票,則負面影響更大。在這種情況下,大甩賣是在當前價格左右進行的,因此還不錯(但仍然不是積極的)。
去年,AMERISAFE的內部人士沒有購買任何股票。您可以看到下圖所示的去年的內幕交易(公司和個人)。通過點擊下面的圖表,你可以看到每筆內幕交易的確切細節!
納斯達克股票代碼:AMSF 內幕交易量 2024 年 4 月 20 日
對於那些喜歡尋找中獎投資的人來說,這份最近有內幕收購的成長型公司的免費名單可能只是門票。
AMERISAFE 的內部所有權
測試公司領導者與其他股東之間一致性的另一種方法是查看他們擁有多少股份。我們通常希望看到相當高的內部所有權。AMERISAFE內部人士擁有價值約1600萬美元的股票。這相當於該公司的1.6%。當然,我們在其他地方看到了更高的內部所有權水平,但這些持股足以表明內部人士與其他股東之間的一致性。
那麼,這些數據對AMERISAFE內部人士有什麼啓示呢?
上個季度沒有內部人士交易過AMERISAFE股票,這並沒有多大意義。我們並沒有從AMERISAFE內部人士的交易中得到太多鼓勵。但是我們確實喜歡內部人士擁有公司相當一部分股份的事實。因此,雖然了解內部人士在買入或賣出方面的所作所爲很有幫助,但了解特定公司面臨的風險也很有幫助。爲了幫助解決這個問題,我們發現了 2 個警告信號(1 個很重要!)在購買AMERISAFE的任何股票之前,您應該注意這一點。
當然,AMERISAFE可能不是最值得購買的股票。因此,您可能希望看到這個免費的高質量公司集合。
就本文而言,內部人士是指向相關監管機構報告其交易的個人。我們目前只考慮公開市場交易和私下處置的直接利益,不包括衍生品交易或間接權益。
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Simply Wall St的這篇文章本質上是籠統的。我們僅使用公正的方法根據歷史數據和分析師的預測提供評論,我們的文章無意作爲財務建議。它不構成買入或賣出任何股票的建議,也沒有考慮到您的目標或財務狀況。我們的目標是爲您提供由基本數據驅動的長期重點分析。請注意,我們的分析可能不考慮最新的價格敏感型公司公告或定性材料。簡而言之,華爾街沒有持有任何上述股票的頭寸。