Renew Holdings Insider Lowered Holding By 25% During Last Year

Looking at Renew Holdings plc's (LON:RNWH ) insider transactions over the last year, we can see that insiders were net sellers. That is, there were more number of shares sold by insiders than there were purchased.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Renew Holdings

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the Executive Director, Andries Liebenberg, sold UK£113k worth of shares at a price of UK£6.93 per share. That means that an insider was selling shares at around the current price of UK£6.75. 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. Andries Liebenberg 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 want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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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. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. Our data suggests Renew Holdings insiders own 0.6% of the company, worth about UK£3.1m. I generally like to see higher levels of ownership.

So What Do The Renew Holdings Insider Transactions Indicate?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Renew Holdings shares in the last quarter. We don't take much encouragement from the transactions by Renew Holdings insiders. 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 Renew Holdings. For example - Renew Holdings has 1 warning sign we think you should be aware of.

But note: Renew Holdings may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with high ROE and low debt.

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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