Have Insiders Sold Westwood Holdings Group Shares Recently?

We'd be surprised if Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (NYSE:WHG) shareholders haven't noticed that the CEO & Director, Brian Casey, recently sold US$122k worth of stock at US$18.00 per share. However, the silver lining is that the sale only reduced their total holding by 1.3%, so we're hesitant to read anything much into it, on its own.

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Westwood Holdings Group Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

The Director J. Hoak made the biggest insider purchase in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for US$276k worth of shares at a price of US$12.55 each. Although we like to see insider buying, we note that this large purchase was at significantly below the recent price of US$17.43. Because the shares were purchased at a lower price, this particular buy doesn't tell us much about how insiders feel about the current share price.

You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart 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 Westwood Holdings Group

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. Westwood Holdings Group insiders own about US$21m worth of shares. That equates to 14% of the company. This level of insider ownership is good but just short of being particularly stand-out. It certainly does suggest a reasonable degree of alignment.

So What Does This Data Suggest About Westwood Holdings Group Insiders?

An insider hasn't bought Westwood Holdings Group stock in the last three months, but there was some selling. In contrast, they appear keener if you look at the last twelve months. And insiders do own shares. So the recent selling doesn't worry us too much. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. While conducting our analysis, we found that Westwood Holdings Group has 4 warning signs and it would be unwise to ignore them.

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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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