The CEO & President of Rottneros AB (publ) (STO:RROS), Lennart Eberleh, Just Bought 4.4% More Shares

Even if it's not a huge purchase, we think it was good to see that Lennart Eberleh, the CEO & President of Rottneros AB (publ) (STO:RROS) recently shelled out kr51k to buy stock, at kr8.17 per share. Although the purchase is not a big one, increasing their shareholding by only 4.4%, it can be interpreted as a good sign.

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Rottneros Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

While there weren't any large insider transactions in the last twelve months, it's still worth looking at the trading.

In the last twelve months insiders purchased 73.77k shares for kr601k. But insiders sold 267.00 shares worth kr2.2k. Overall, Rottneros insiders were net buyers during the last year. 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 Rottneros Boast High Insider Ownership?

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. From looking at our data, insiders own kr13m worth of Rottneros stock, about 1.1% of the company. However, it's possible that insiders might have an indirect interest through a more complex structure. We prefer to see high levels of insider ownership.

So What Do The Rottneros Insider Transactions Indicate?

It is good to see recent purchasing. And an analysis of the transactions over the last year also gives us confidence. However, we note that the company didn't make a profit over the last twelve months, which makes us cautious. Given that insiders also own a fair bit of Rottneros we think they are probably pretty confident of a bright future. While we like knowing what's going on with the insider's ownership and transactions, we make sure to also consider what risks are facing a stock before making any investment decision. While conducting our analysis, we found that Rottneros 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, but not derivative transactions.

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