One Moltiply Group Insider Has Reduced Their Stake

Insiders were net sellers of Moltiply Group S.p.A.'s (BIT:MOL ) stock during the past year. That is, insiders sold more stock than they bought.

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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Moltiply Group Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the CEO & Executive Director, Alessandro Alvaro Fracassi, sold €373k worth of shares at a price of €28.45 per share. That means that an insider was selling shares at slightly below the current price (€34.50). When an insider sells below the current price, it suggests that they considered that lower price to be fair. That makes us wonder what they think of the (higher) recent valuation. While insider selling is not a positive sign, we can't be sure if it does mean insiders think the shares are fully valued, so it's only a weak sign. We note that the biggest single sale was only 4.7% of Alessandro Alvaro Fracassi's holding. Alessandro Alvaro Fracassi was the only individual insider to sell over the last year.

Alessandro Alvaro Fracassi divested 16.63k shares over the last 12 months at an average price of €28.98. 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

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. Insiders own 2.7% of Moltiply Group shares, worth about €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.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Moltiply Group Tell Us?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Moltiply Group shares in the last quarter. Still, the insider transactions at Moltiply Group in the last 12 months are not very heartening. The modest level of insider ownership is, at least, some comfort. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Moltiply Group. To assist with this, we've discovered 2 warning signs that you should run your eye over to get a better picture of Moltiply Group.

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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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