Van Lanschot Kempen Insiders Added €731.8k Of Stock To Their Holdings

When a single insider purchases stock, it is typically not a major deal. However, when multiple insiders purchase stock, like in Van Lanschot Kempen NV's (AMS:VLK) instance, it's good news for shareholders.

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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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Van Lanschot Kempen

The CEO & Chairman of the Management Board Maarten Edixhoven made the biggest insider purchase in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for €240k worth of shares at a price of €28.10 each. Even though the purchase was made at a significantly lower price than the recent price (€44.10), we still think insider buying is a positive. 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.

In the last twelve months Van Lanschot Kempen insiders were buying shares, but not selling. 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!

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Insider Ownership Of Van Lanschot Kempen

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Van Lanschot Kempen insiders own about €79m worth of shares. That equates to 4.3% of the company. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders.

So What Do The Van Lanschot Kempen Insider Transactions Indicate?

There haven't been any insider transactions in the last three months -- that doesn't mean much. However, our analysis of transactions over the last year is heartening. Insiders do have a stake in Van Lanschot Kempen 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 Van Lanschot Kempen. While conducting our analysis, we found that Van Lanschot Kempen 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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