CEO & Director of Property Franchise Group Picks Up 1.9% More Stock

Whilst it may not be a huge deal, we thought it was good to see that the The Property Franchise Group PLC (LON:TPFG) CEO & Director, Gareth Samples, recently bought UK£40k worth of stock, for UK£4.02 per share. Although the purchase is not a big one, increasing their shareholding by only 1.9%, it can be interpreted as a good sign.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Property Franchise Group

The CFO & Director, David Raggett, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for UK£903k worth of shares at a price of UK£4.25 each. That means that an insider was selling shares at around the current price of UK£4.05. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold 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).

Happily, we note that in the last year insiders paid UK£100k for 24.80k shares. But insiders sold 236.59k shares worth UK£1.0m. All up, insiders sold more shares in Property Franchise Group than they bought, over the last year. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart 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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Insider Ownership Of Property Franchise Group

Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Insiders own 14% of Property Franchise Group shares, worth about UK£35m. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.

So What Do The Property Franchise Group Insider Transactions Indicate?

Our data shows a little insider buying, but no selling, in the last three months. That said, the purchases were not large. We're a little cautious about the insider selling at Property Franchise Group. But we do like the fact that insiders own a fair chunk of the company. While it's good to be aware of what's going on with the insider's ownership and transactions, we make sure to also consider what risks are facing a stock before making any investment decision. To that end, you should learn about the 3 warning signs we've spotted with Property Franchise Group (including 1 which shouldn't be ignored).

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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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