Have Home Bancshares (Conway AR) Insiders Been Selling Stock?

Some Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (NYSE:HOMB) shareholders may be a little concerned to see that insider James Hickman recently sold a substantial US$3.1m worth of stock at a price of US$30.79 per share. That's a big disposal, and it decreased their holding size by 24%, which is notable but not too bad.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Home Bancshares (Conway AR)

In fact, the recent sale by James Hickman was the biggest sale of Home Bancshares (Conway AR) shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. That means that an insider was selling shares at around the current price of US$30.75. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. 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).

Over the last year we saw more insider selling of Home Bancshares (Conway AR) 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 Home Bancshares (Conway AR) Boast High Insider Ownership?

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. It's great to see that Home Bancshares (Conway AR) insiders own 7.0% of the company, worth about US$426m. This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.

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

Insiders haven't bought Home Bancshares (Conway AR) stock in the last three months, but there was some selling. 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. 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. You'd be interested to know, that we found 1 warning sign for Home Bancshares (Conway AR) 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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