An Insider At Deliveroo Lowered Their Holding Recently

Looking at Deliveroo plc's (LON:ROO ) 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 we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Deliveroo

The Founder, William Shu, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for UK£15m worth of shares at a price of UK£1.58 each. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold at a lower price. The good news is that this large sale was at well above current price of UK£1.22. 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 William Shu.

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 Of Deliveroo

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. Deliveroo insiders own 6.6% of the company, currently worth about UK£118m based on the recent share price. Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Deliveroo Tell Us?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Deliveroo shares in the last quarter. While we feel good about high insider ownership of Deliveroo, we can't say the same about the selling of shares. Therefore, you should definitely take a look at this FREE report showing analyst forecasts for Deliveroo.

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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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