COO & Executive Director Mark Hollinshead Sold A Bunch Of Shares In National World

Anyone interested in National World Plc (LON:NWOR) should probably be aware that the COO & Executive Director, Mark Hollinshead, recently divested UK£320k worth of shares in the company, at an average price of UK£0.16 each. Equally important, that sale actually reduced their holding by a full 58% which hardly makes us feel bullish about the stock.

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National World Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Notably, that recent sale by Mark Hollinshead is the biggest insider sale of National World shares that we've seen in the last year. So we know that an insider sold shares at around the present share price of UK£0.16. While we don't usually like to see insider selling, it's more concerning if the sales take place at a lower price. In this case, the big sale took place at around the current price, so it's not too bad (but it's still not a positive).

The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!

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Insider Ownership Of National World

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. It's great to see that National World insiders own 50% of the company, worth about UK£21m. This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At National World Tell Us?

An insider sold National World shares recently, but they didn't buy any. And even if we look at the last year, we didn't see any purchases. While insiders do own a lot of shares in the company (which is good), our analysis of their transactions doesn't make us feel confident about the company. 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. While conducting our analysis, we found that National World has 6 warning signs and it would be unwise to ignore them.

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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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