Have Bonesupport Holding Insiders Been Selling Stock?

We wouldn't blame Bonesupport Holding AB (publ) (STO:BONEX) shareholders if they were a little worried about the fact that Lennart Johansson, the Independent Chairman of the Board recently netted about kr8.4m selling shares at an average price of kr337. That's a big disposal, and it decreased their holding size by 15%, which is notable but not too bad.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Bonesupport Holding

The Chief Executive Officer, Emil Billbäck, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for kr60m worth of shares at a price of kr346 each. So we know that an insider sold shares at around the present share price of kr323. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold at a lower price. In this case, the big sale took place at around the current price, so it's not too bad (but it's still not a positive). Notably Emil Billbäck was also the biggest buyer, having purchased kr1.3m worth of shares.

In the last twelve months insiders purchased 4.75k shares for kr1.3m. But insiders sold 252.60k shares worth kr87m. Over the last year we saw more insider selling of Bonesupport Holding shares, than buying. 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 Bonesupport Holding Boast High Insider Ownership?

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. It's great to see that Bonesupport Holding insiders own 10% of the company, worth about kr2.2b. This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.

So What Does This Data Suggest About Bonesupport Holding Insiders?

Unfortunately, there has been more insider selling of Bonesupport Holding stock, than buying, in the last three months. Despite some insider buying, the longer term picture doesn't make us feel much more positive. It is good to see high insider ownership, but the insider selling leaves us cautious. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Bonesupport Holding. You'd be interested to know, that we found 2 warning signs for Bonesupport Holding 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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