Selling NX Filtration Shares at a Lower Price Than Current Market Value May Have Been a Costly Mistake for Insiders

NX Filtration N.V.'s (AMS:NXFIL) stock price has dropped 11% in the previous week, but insiders who sold €2.4m in stock over the past year have had less luck. The average selling price of €10.92 is still lower than the current share price, or in other words, insiders would have been better off holding on to their shares.

While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, 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 NX Filtration

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the Founder, H.D.W. Roesink, sold €1.5m worth of shares at a price of €10.92 per share. While we don't usually like to see insider selling, it's more concerning if the sales take place at a lower price. It's of some comfort that this sale was conducted at a price well above the current share price, which is €2.69. So it may not tell us anything about how insiders feel about the current share price.

In the last year NX Filtration insiders didn't buy any company stock. 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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Does NX Filtration Boast High Insider Ownership?

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. Our data indicates that NX Filtration insiders own about €7.1m worth of shares (which is 5.3% of the company). We do note, however, it is possible insiders have an indirect interest through a private company or other corporate structure. Overall, this level of ownership isn't that impressive, but it's certainly better than nothing!

So What Do The NX Filtration Insider Transactions Indicate?

There haven't been any insider transactions in the last three months -- that doesn't mean much. We don't take much encouragement from the transactions by NX Filtration insiders. And we're not picking up on high enough insider ownership to give us any comfort. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. For instance, we've identified 3 warning signs for NX Filtration (1 makes us a bit uncomfortable) 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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