15% Of This Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Insider's Holdings Were Sold

Viewing insider transactions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:CBRL ) over the last year, we see that insiders were net sellers. This means that a larger number of shares were sold by insiders in relation to shares purchased.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the insider, Sandra Cochran, sold US$1.7m worth of shares at a price of US$67.13 per share. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold at a lower price. The silver lining is that this sell-down took place above the latest price (US$58.19). So it may not tell us anything about how insiders feel about the current share price. Sandra Cochran was the only individual insider to sell shares in the last twelve months.

The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. 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. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store insiders own about US$17m worth of shares. That equates to 1.3% of the company. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders.

So What Does This Data Suggest About Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Insiders?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares in the last quarter. We don't take much encouragement from the transactions by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store insiders. The modest level of insider ownership is, at least, some comfort. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. When we did our research, we found 2 warning signs for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (1 doesn't sit too well with us!) that we believe deserve your full attention.

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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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