Don't Ignore The Insider Selling In Valmet Oyj

We wouldn't blame Valmet Oyj (HEL:VALMT) shareholders if they were a little worried about the fact that Celso Tacla, the Area President of South America recently netted about €634k selling shares at an average price of €25.36. That's a big disposal, and it decreased their holding size by 24%, which is notable but not too bad.

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Valmet Oyj Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider sale was by the Area President of North America, Jukka Tiitinen, for €922k worth of shares, at about €25.60 per share. So we know that an insider sold shares at around the present share price of €25.05. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold at a lower price. In this case, the big sale took place at around the current price, so it's not too bad (but it's still not a positive).

In the last year Valmet Oyj insiders didn't buy any company stock. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and 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 Valmet Oyj Boast High Insider Ownership?

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. Insiders own 0.5% of Valmet Oyj shares, worth about €22m. 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 Do The Valmet Oyj Insider Transactions Indicate?

An insider hasn't bought Valmet Oyj stock in the last three months, but there was some selling. And even if we look at the last year, we didn't see any purchases. 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. Case in point: We've spotted 2 warning signs for Valmet Oyj you should be aware of.

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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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