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We’ve lost count of how many times insiders have accumulated shares in a company that goes on to improve markedly. 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 before you buy or sell Webjet Limited (ASX:WEB), you may well want to know whether insiders have been buying or selling.
What Is Insider Selling?
It’s quite normal to see company insiders, such as board members, trading in company stock, from time to time. However, such insiders must disclose their trading activities, and not trade on inside information.
We would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing. 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.’
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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Webjet
In the last twelve months, the biggest single purchase by an insider was when MD & Executive Director John Guscic bought AU$2.9m worth of shares at a price of AU$11.50 per share. That means that an insider was happy to buy shares at around the current price. Of course they may have changed their mind. But this suggests they are optimistic. Nonetheless, we consider it positive if insiders want to buy at around the current share price.
Over the last year, we can see that insiders have bought 312.78k shares worth AU$3.6m. In the last twelve months there was more buying than selling by Webjet insiders. They paid about AU$11.52 on average. These transactions show that insiders have confidence to invest their own money in the stock, albeit at slightly below the recent price of AU$11.79. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions over the last 12 months, below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!
Webjet is not the only stock insiders are buying. So take a peek at this free list of growing companies with insider buying.
Insiders at Webjet Have Bought Stock Recently
Over the last three months, we’ve seen significant insider buying at Webjet. In total, insiders bought AU$3.6m worth of shares in that time, and we didn’t record any sales whatsoever. That shows some optimism about the company’s future.
Insider Ownership of Webjet
For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company 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. Webjet insiders own 13% of the company, currently worth about AU$208m 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.