Insiders At Oracle Financial Services Software Sold ₹136m In Stock, Alluding To Potential Weakness

The fact that multiple Oracle Financial Services Software Limited (NSE:OFSS) insiders offloaded a considerable amount of shares over the past year could have raised some eyebrows amongst investors. When evaluating insider transactions, knowing whether insiders are buying is usually more beneficial than knowing whether they are selling, as the latter can be open to many interpretations. However, if numerous insiders are selling, shareholders should investigate more.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

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Oracle Financial Services Software Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

The CEO, MD & Executive Director, S. Padalkar, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for ₹60m worth of shares at a price of ₹11,422 each. While we don't usually like to see insider selling, it's more concerning if the sales take place at a lower price. The silver lining is that this sell-down took place above the latest price (₹8,514). So it may not tell us anything about how insiders feel about the current share price.

Over the last year we saw more insider selling of Oracle Financial Services Software shares, than buying. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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Insider Ownership Of Oracle Financial Services Software

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. Insiders own 0.4% of Oracle Financial Services Software shares, worth about ₹3.0b. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Oracle Financial Services Software Tell Us?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Oracle Financial Services Software shares in the last quarter. It's heartening that insiders own plenty of stock, but we'd like to see more insider buying, since the last year of Oracle Financial Services Software insider transactions don't fill us with confidence. 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. You'd be interested to know, that we found 1 warning sign for Oracle Financial Services Software and we suggest you have a look.

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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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