DBS Group Holdings Sees Insider Stock Selling

Insiders were net sellers of DBS Group Holdings Ltd's (SGX:D05 ) 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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DBS Group Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

The CEO & Executive Director, Piyush Gupta, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for S$3.4m worth of shares at a price of S$34.32 each. So what is clear is that an insider saw fit to sell at around the current price of S$33.40. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. Given that the sale took place at around current prices, it makes us a little cautious but is hardly a major concern. The only individual insider seller over the last year was Piyush Gupta.

The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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Insider Ownership Of DBS Group Holdings

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. DBS Group Holdings insiders own about S$352m worth of shares (which is 0.4% of the company). 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 Do The DBS Group Holdings Insider Transactions Indicate?

The fact that there have been no DBS Group Holdings insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. While we feel good about high insider ownership of DBS Group Holdings, we can't say the same about the selling of shares. 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. Case in point: We've spotted 1 warning sign for DBS Group Holdings 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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