Conagra Brands Insider Lowered Holding By 13% During Last Year

From what we can see, insiders were net sellers in Conagra Brands, Inc.'s (NYSE:CAG ) during the past 12 months. That is, insiders sold the stock in greater numbers than they purchased it.

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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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Conagra Brands

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider sale was by the COO & Executive VP, Thomas McGough, for US$1.2m worth of shares, at about US$30.29 per share. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. The good news is that this large sale was at well above current price of US$24.29. So it may not shed much light on insider confidence at current levels. Thomas McGough was the only individual insider to sell shares in the last twelve months.

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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Does Conagra Brands Boast High Insider Ownership?

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company 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. It appears that Conagra Brands insiders own 0.5% of the company, worth about US$58m. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.

So What Does This Data Suggest About Conagra Brands Insiders?

The fact that there have been no Conagra Brands insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. We don't take much encouragement from the transactions by Conagra Brands insiders. The modest level of insider ownership is, at least, some comfort. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Conagra Brands. You'd be interested to know, that we found 4 warning signs for Conagra Brands and we suggest you have a look.

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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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