This ToysRUs ANZ Insider Reduced Their Stake By 14%

Viewing insider transactions for Toys"R"Us ANZ Limited's (ASX:TOY ) over the last year, we see that insiders were net sellers. This means that a larger number of shares were sold by insiders in relation to shares purchased.

While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

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ToysRUs ANZ Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the insider, Louis Mittoni, sold AU$439k worth of shares at a price of AU$0.012 per share. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold at a lower price. It's of some comfort that this sale was conducted at a price well above the current share price, which is AU$0.011. So it may not tell us anything about how insiders feel about the current share price. The only individual insider seller over the last year was Louis Mittoni.

In the last twelve months insiders purchased 3.61m shares for AU$52k. But they sold 176.66m shares for AU$1.9m. Louis Mittoni divested 176.66m shares over the last 12 months at an average price of AU$0.011. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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ToysRUs ANZ Insiders Are Selling The Stock

Over the last three months, we've seen significant insider selling at ToysRUs ANZ. In total, insider Louis Mittoni dumped AU$119k worth of shares in that time, and we didn't record any purchases whatsoever. This may suggest that some insiders think that the shares are not cheap.

Insider Ownership Of ToysRUs ANZ

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. It appears that ToysRUs ANZ insiders own 25% of the company, worth about AU$3.0m. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders.

So What Does This Data Suggest About ToysRUs ANZ Insiders?

An insider hasn't bought ToysRUs ANZ stock in the last three months, but there was some selling. Zooming out, the longer term picture doesn't give us much comfort. While insiders do own shares, they don't own a heap, and they have been selling. So we'd only buy after careful consideration. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. Every company has risks, and we've spotted 6 warning signs for ToysRUs ANZ (of which 4 shouldn't be ignored!) 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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