Yahoo Finance Are Insiders Selling Tabcorp Holdings Limited (ASX:TAH) Stock?
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We often see insiders buying up shares in companies that perform well over the long term. 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 Tabcorp Holdings Limited (ASX:TAH), 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, rules govern insider transactions, and certain disclosures are required.
We don't think shareholders should simply follow insider transactions. But it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing. 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 Tabcorp Holdings
In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when MD, CEO & Executive Director David Robert Attenborough sold AU$1.7m worth of shares at a price of AU$4.73 per share. That means that an insider was selling shares at around the current price of AU$4.61. They could have a variety of motivations for selling, but it's still not particularly encouraging to see. We usually pause to reflect on the potential that a stock has a high valuation, if insiders have been selling at around the current price. David Robert Attenborough was the only individual insider to sell over the last year.
In the last twelve months insiders purchased 17.60k shares for AU$84k. On the other hand they divested 350.00k shares, for AU$1.7m. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by individuals) 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!
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Does Tabcorp Holdings Boast High Insider Ownership?
I like to look at how many shares insiders own in a company, to help inform my view of how aligned they are with insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. It appears that Tabcorp Holdings insiders own 0.3% of the company, worth about AU$28m. This level of insider ownership is good but just short of being particularly stand-out. It certainly does suggest a reasonable degree of alignment.
What Might The Insider Transactions At Tabcorp Holdings Tell Us?
The fact that there have been no Tabcorp Holdings insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. Our analysis of Tabcorp Holdings insider transactions leaves us cautious. But we do like the fact that insiders own a fair chunk of the company. Therefore, you should should definitely take a look at this FREE report showing analyst forecasts for Tabcorp Holdings.
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