One Aegean Airlines Insider Raised Their Stake In The Previous Year

Looking at Aegean Airlines S.A.'s (ATH:AEGN ) insider transactions over the last year, we can see that insiders were net buyers. That is, there were more number of shares purchased by insiders than there were sold.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, 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 Aegean Airlines

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Executive Chairman Eftichios Vassilakis for €177k worth of shares, at about €11.82 per share. Although we like to see insider buying, we note that this large purchase was at significantly below the recent price of €14.36. Because the shares were purchased at a lower price, this particular buy doesn't tell us much about how insiders feel about the current share price.

Eftichios Vassilakis purchased 25.00k shares over the year. The average price per share was €11.58. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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Does Aegean Airlines Boast High Insider Ownership?

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Aegean Airlines insiders own about €98m worth of shares (which is 7.6% 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 Aegean Airlines Tell Us?

The fact that there have been no Aegean Airlines insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. On a brighter note, the transactions over the last year are encouraging. Insiders do have a stake in Aegean Airlines and their transactions don't cause us concern. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Aegean Airlines. For example - Aegean Airlines 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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