This PageGroup Insider Reduced Their Stake By 35%

Insiders were net sellers of PageGroup plc's (LON:PAGE ) stock during the past year. That is, insiders sold more stock than they bought.

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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PageGroup Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the CEO, Member of the Executive Board & Executive Director, Nicholas Kirk, sold UK£100k worth of shares at a price of UK£3.36 per share. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. The good news is that this large sale was at well above current price of UK£2.34. 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 Nicholas Kirk.

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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Insider Ownership Of PageGroup

I like to look at how many shares insiders own in a company, to help inform my view of how aligned they are with insiders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. From looking at our data, insiders own UK£1.6m worth of PageGroup stock, about 0.2% of the company. We prefer to see high levels of insider ownership.

So What Does This Data Suggest About PageGroup Insiders?

There haven't been any insider transactions in the last three months -- that doesn't mean much. Our analysis of PageGroup insider transactions leaves us unenthusiastic. And we're not picking up on high enough insider ownership to give us any comfort. So while it's helpful to know what insiders are doing in terms of buying or selling, it's also helpful to know the risks that a particular company is facing. Case in point: We've spotted 2 warning signs for PageGroup you should be aware of, and 1 of these is potentially serious.

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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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