Have Yü Group Insiders Been Selling Stock?

We'd be surprised if Yü Group PLC (LON:YU.) shareholders haven't noticed that the Independent Non Executive Director, John Glasgow, recently sold UK£81k worth of stock at UK£17.63 per share. The eyebrow raising move amounted to a reduction of 25% in their holding.

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Yü Group Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

The Managing Director of Yü Retail, David Crowe, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for UK£142k worth of shares at a price of UK£19.42 each. So what is clear is that an insider saw fit to sell at around the current price of UK£17.80. 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).

Yü Group insiders didn't buy any shares over the last year. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!

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Insider Ownership

Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. Yü Group insiders own about UK£166m worth of shares (which is 56% of the company). 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 Yü Group Tell Us?

An insider sold stock recently, but they haven't been buying. Looking to the last twelve months, our data doesn't show any insider buying. On the plus side, Yü Group makes money, and is growing profits. 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 these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. Our analysis shows 3 warning signs for Yü Group (1 is significant!) and we strongly recommend you look at them before investing.

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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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