CEO & Executive Director of Airbus Guillaume Faury Buys 51% More Shares

Airbus SE (EPA:AIR) shareholders (or potential shareholders) will be happy to see that the CEO & Executive Director, Guillaume Faury, recently bought a whopping €2.3m worth of stock, at a price of €155. That purchase boosted their holding by 51%, which makes us wonder if the move was inspired by quietly confident deeply-felt optimism.

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Airbus Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In fact, the recent purchase by Guillaume Faury was the biggest purchase of Airbus shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. That implies that an insider found the current price of €160 per share to be enticing. That means they have been optimistic about the company in the past, though they may have changed their mind. We do always like to see insider buying, but it is worth noting if those purchases were made at well below today's share price, as the discount to value may have narrowed with the rising price. The good news for Airbus share holders is that insiders were buying at near the current price.

In the last twelve months Airbus insiders were buying shares, but not selling. 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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Does Airbus Boast High Insider Ownership?

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Our data indicates that Airbus insiders own about €7.1m worth of shares (which is 0.006% of the company). We do note, however, it is possible insiders have an indirect interest through a private company or other corporate structure. Whilst better than nothing, we're not overly impressed by these holdings.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Airbus Tell Us?

The recent insider purchase is heartening. And the longer term insider transactions also give us confidence. While the overall levels of insider ownership are below what we'd like to see, the history of transactions imply that Airbus insiders are reasonably well aligned, and optimistic for the future. Therefore, you should definitely take a look at this FREE report showing analyst forecasts for Airbus.

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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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