Have Insiders Sold Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NASDAQ:HOMB) Shares Recently?

We note that the Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NASDAQ:HOMB) Independent Vice Chairman of the Board, Jack Engelkes, recently sold US$50k worth of stock for US$25.17 per share. On the bright side, that's just a small sale and only reduced their holding by 0.5%.

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Home Bancshares (Conway AR) Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

The Independent Director James Hinkle made the biggest insider purchase in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for US$279k worth of shares at a price of US$13.93 each. We do like to see buying, but this purchase was made at well below the current price of US$26.53. While it does suggest insiders consider the stock undervalued at lower prices, this transaction doesn't tell us much about what they think of current prices.

In the last twelve months insiders purchased 20.90k shares for US$294k. But they sold 9.67k shares for US$201k. In the last twelve months there was more buying than selling by Home Bancshares (Conway AR) insiders. 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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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 Home Bancshares (Conway AR) insiders own 7.8% of the company, worth about US$342m. Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Home Bancshares (Conway AR) Tell Us?

Insiders sold Home Bancshares (Conway AR) shares recently, but they didn't buy any. On the other hand, the insider transactions over the last year are encouraging. And insider ownership remains quite considerable. So we're happy to look past recent trading. So while it's helpful to know what insiders are doing in terms of buying or selling, it's also helpful to know the risks that a particular company is facing. Case in point: We've spotted 2 warning signs for Home Bancshares (Conway AR) 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, but not derivative transactions.

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