This D. P. Abhushan Insider Reduced Their Stake By 100%

Looking at D. P. Abhushan Limited's (NSE:DPABHUSHAN ) 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 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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D. P. Abhushan Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider sale was by the insider, Deepak Gadia, for ₹5.2m worth of shares, at about ₹1,359 per share. So what is clear is that an insider saw fit to sell at around the current price of ₹1,325. 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). Deepak Gadia was the only individual insider to sell over the last year.

You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!

I will like D. P. Abhushan better if I see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of undervalued and small cap stocks with considerable, recent, insider buying.

Insider Ownership

I like to look at how many shares insiders own in a company, to help inform my view of how aligned they are with insiders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. D. P. Abhushan insiders own about ₹23b worth of shares (which is 78% of the company). I like to see this level of insider ownership, because it increases the chances that management are thinking about the best interests of shareholders.

So What Do The D. P. Abhushan Insider Transactions Indicate?

The fact that there have been no D. P. Abhushan insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. It's heartening that insiders own plenty of stock, but we'd like to see more insider buying, since the last year of D. P. Abhushan insider transactions don't fill us with confidence. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing D. P. Abhushan. While conducting our analysis, we found that D. P. Abhushan has 1 warning sign and it would be unwise to ignore this.

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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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