Over the past year, many Techtronic Industries Company Limited (HKG:669) insiders sold a significant stake in the company which may have piqued investors' interest. Knowing whether insiders are buying is usually more helpful when evaluating insider transactions, as insider selling can have various explanations. However, shareholders should take a deeper look if several insiders are selling stock over a specific time period.

While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.

Techtronic Industries Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider sale was by the Group Executive Vice Chairman, Stephan Horst Pudwill, for HK$37m worth of shares, at about HK$99.31 per share. That means that an insider was selling shares at slightly below the current price (HK$106). We generally consider it a negative if insiders have been selling, especially if they did so below the current price, because it implies that they considered a lower price to be reasonable. While insider selling is not a positive sign, we can't be sure if it does mean insiders think the shares are fully valued, so it's only a weak sign. This single sale was just 1.0% of Stephan Horst Pudwill's stake.

Happily, we note that in the last year insiders paid HK$26m for 255.00k shares. On the other hand they divested 850.00k shares, for HK$85m. All up, insiders sold more shares in Techtronic Industries than they bought, over the last year. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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Insider Ownership Of Techtronic Industries

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. Techtronic Industries insiders own 25% of the company, currently worth about HK$49b based on the recent share price. I like to see this level of insider ownership, because it increases the chances that management are thinking about the best interests of shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Techtronic Industries Tell Us?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Techtronic Industries shares in the last quarter. It's heartening that insiders own plenty of stock, but we'd like to see more insider buying, since the last year of Techtronic Industries insider transactions don't fill us with confidence. Therefore, you should definitely take a look at this FREE report showing analyst forecasts for Techtronic Industries.

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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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