Have Insiders Sold Campbell Soup Shares Recently?

We wouldn't blame Campbell Soup Company (NASDAQ:CPB) shareholders if they were a little worried about the fact that Stanley Polomski, a company insider, recently netted about US$650k selling shares at an average price of US$48.34. That sale reduced their total holding by 25% which is hardly insignificant, but far from the worst we've seen.

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Campbell Soup Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In fact, the recent sale by Stanley Polomski was the biggest sale of Campbell Soup shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. So we know that an insider sold shares at around the present share price of US$47.35. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold at a lower price. In this case, the big sale took place at around the current price, so it's not too bad (but it's still not a positive).

Campbell Soup insiders didn't buy any shares over the last year. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!

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Insider Ownership

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Campbell Soup insiders own 34% of the company, currently worth about US$4.8b 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 Campbell Soup Insiders?

An insider hasn't bought Campbell Soup stock in the last three months, but there was some selling. Looking to the last twelve months, our data doesn't show any insider buying. It is good to see high insider ownership, but the insider selling leaves us cautious. 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 4 warning signs for Campbell Soup (1 is significant!) 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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