An Insider At Treasury Wine Estates Lowered Their Holding Recently

From what we can see, insiders were net sellers in Treasury Wine Estates Limited's (ASX:TWE ) during the past 12 months. That is, insiders sold the stock in greater numbers than they purchased it.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.

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Treasury Wine Estates Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider sale was by the CEO, MD & Executive Director, Timothy Ford, for AU$499k worth of shares, at about AU$12.27 per share. While we don't usually like to see insider selling, it's more concerning if the sales take place at a lower price. The good news is that this large sale was at well above current price of AU$9.12. So it is hard to draw any strong conclusion from it. Timothy Ford was the only individual insider to sell shares in the last twelve months.

You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!

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Insider Ownership

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. Our data indicates that Treasury Wine Estates insiders own about AU$8.7m worth of shares (which is 0.1% of the company). Overall, this level of ownership isn't that impressive, but it's certainly better than nothing!

So What Do The Treasury Wine Estates Insider Transactions Indicate?

The fact that there have been no Treasury Wine Estates insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. The insider transactions at Treasury Wine Estates are not inspiring us to buy. We also note that, as far as we can see, insider ownership is fairly low, compared to other companies. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Treasury Wine Estates. For example, Treasury Wine Estates has 2 warning signs (and 1 which can't be ignored) we think you should know about.

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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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