This Insider Has Just Sold Shares In CM.com

Anyone interested in CM.com N.V. (AMS:CMCOM) should probably be aware that the Co-Founder, Jeroen van Glabbeek, recently divested €270k worth of shares in the company, at an average price of €6.80 each. On the bright side, that sale was only 0.5% of their holding, so we doubt it's very meaningful, on its own.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At CM.com

In fact, the recent sale by Jeroen van Glabbeek was the biggest sale of CM.com shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. So we know that an insider sold shares at around the present share price of €6.44. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. We note that this sale took place at around the current price, so it isn't a major concern, though it's hardly a good sign.

Insiders in CM.com 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!

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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. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. CM.com insiders own about €96m worth of shares (which is 51% of the company). Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At CM.com Tell Us?

Insiders sold stock recently, but they haven't been buying. Looking to the last twelve months, our data doesn't show any insider buying. The company boasts high insider ownership, but we're a little hesitant, given the history of share sales. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. You'd be interested to know, that we found 1 warning sign for CM.com and we suggest you have a look.

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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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