Executive VP & CFO of Cimpress Sean Quinn Buys 33% More Shares

Potential Cimpress plc (NASDAQ:CMPR) shareholders may wish to note that the Executive VP & CFO, Sean Quinn, recently bought US$208k worth of stock, paying US$41.50 for each share. That's a very solid buy in our book, and increased their holding by a noteworthy 33%.

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Cimpress Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the Founder, Robert Keane, sold US$7.1m worth of shares at a price of US$102 per share. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. The silver lining is that this sell-down took place above the latest price (US$45.08). So it is hard to draw any strong conclusion from it.

In total, Cimpress insiders sold more than they bought over 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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Insider Ownership Of Cimpress

I like to look at how many shares insiders own in a company, to help inform my view of how aligned they are with insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Cimpress insiders own 15% of the company, currently worth about US$170m based on the recent share price. I like to see this level of insider ownership, because it increases the chances that management are thinking about the best interests of shareholders.

So What Does This Data Suggest About Cimpress Insiders?

It's certainly positive to see the recent insider purchase. But we can't say the same for the transactions over the last 12 months. The recent buying by an insider , along with high insider ownership, suggest that Cimpress insiders are fairly aligned, and optimistic. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Cimpress. For example - Cimpress has 1 warning sign we think 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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