67% Of This Games Workshop Group Insider's Holdings Were Sold

Insiders were net sellers of Games Workshop Group PLC's (LON:GAW ) 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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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Games Workshop Group

The CFO & Executive Director, Rachel Tongue, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for UK£712k worth of shares at a price of UK£95.14 each. That means that even when the share price was below the current price of UK£103, an insider wanted to cash in some shares. As a general rule we consider it to be discouraging when insiders are selling below the current price, because it suggests they were happy with a lower valuation. Please do note, however, that sellers may have a variety of reasons for selling, so we don't know for sure what they think of the stock price. This single sale was 67% of Rachel Tongue's stake. Rachel Tongue was the only individual insider to sell shares in the last twelve months.

In the last twelve months insiders purchased 5.05k shares for UK£567k. But they sold 7.50k shares for UK£712k. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!

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Games Workshop Group Insiders Bought Stock Recently

We saw some Games Workshop Group insider buying shares in the last three months. CEO & Executive Director Kevin Rountree shelled out UK£16k for shares in that time. We like it when there are only buyers, and no sellers. However, in this case the amount invested recently is quite small.

Insider Ownership Of Games Workshop Group

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. From looking at our data, insiders own UK£2.1m worth of Games Workshop Group stock, about 0.06% of the company. I generally like to see higher levels of ownership.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Games Workshop Group Tell Us?

We note a that there has been a bit of insider buying recently (but no selling). That said, the purchases were not large. We don't take much encouragement from the transactions by Games Workshop Group 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 Games Workshop Group. For example - Games Workshop Group has 1 warning sign we think 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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