SEACOR Marine Holdings Insiders Sold US$681k Of Shares Suggesting Hesitancy

Quite a few SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc. (NYSE:SMHI) insiders sold their shares over the past year, which may be a cause for concern. When evaluating insider transactions, knowing whether insiders are buying versus if they selling is usually more beneficial, as the latter can be open to many interpretations. However, shareholders should take a deeper look if several insiders are selling stock over a specific time period.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we do think it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing.

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SEACOR Marine Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

The Independent Director, Julie Persily, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for US$269k worth of shares at a price of US$13.45 each. While we don't usually like to see insider selling, it's more concerning if the sales take place at a lower price. The good news is that this large sale was at well above current price of US$12.17. So it is hard to draw any strong conclusion from it.

SEACOR Marine Holdings insiders didn't buy any shares over the last year. 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 Of SEACOR Marine Holdings

Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. SEACOR Marine Holdings insiders own about US$30m worth of shares. That equates to 8.6% 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 Do The SEACOR Marine Holdings Insider Transactions Indicate?

The fact that there have been no SEACOR Marine Holdings insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. We don't take much encouragement from the transactions by SEACOR Marine Holdings insiders. But it's good to see that insiders own shares in the company. While we like knowing what's going on with the insider's ownership and transactions, we make sure to also consider what risks are facing a stock before making any investment decision. To help with this, we've discovered 2 warning signs (1 makes us a bit uncomfortable!) that you ought to be aware of before buying any shares in SEACOR Marine 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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