25% Of This Cannae Holdings Insider's Holdings Were Sold

Insiders were net sellers of Cannae Holdings, Inc.'s (NYSE:CNNE ) 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, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

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Cannae Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider sale was by the insider, Richard Massey, for US$2.1m worth of shares, at about US$20.82 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$17.93). So it is hard to draw any strong conclusion from it. The only individual insider seller over the last year was Richard Massey.

Richard Massey ditched 178.80k shares over the year. The average price per share was US$20.32. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. 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 Cannae Holdings

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. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Cannae Holdings insiders own about US$112m worth of shares (which is 9.4% 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 Does This Data Suggest About Cannae Holdings Insiders?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Cannae Holdings shares in the last quarter. While we feel good about high insider ownership of Cannae Holdings, we can't say the same about the selling of shares. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. To assist with this, we've discovered 1 warning sign that you should run your eye over to get a better picture of Cannae Holdings.

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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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