Have ICU Medical Insiders Been Selling Stock?

We'd be surprised if ICU Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ICUI) shareholders haven't noticed that the President, Daniel Woolson, recently sold US$441k worth of stock at US$152 per share. That sale was 20% of their holding, so it does make us raise an eyebrow.

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ICU Medical Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single purchase by an insider was when CEO & Chairman of the Board Vivek Jain bought US$2.5m worth of shares at a price of US$113 per share. We do like to see buying, but this purchase was made at well below the current price of US$149. Because it occurred at a lower valuation, it doesn't tell us much about whether insiders might find today's price attractive.

In the last twelve months insiders purchased 23.13k shares for US$2.6m. On the other hand they divested 9.37k shares, for US$1.4m. In total, ICU Medical insiders bought more than they sold over the last year. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. 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 ICU Medical

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. It appears that ICU Medical insiders own 1.2% of the company, worth about US$46m. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders.

So What Does This Data Suggest About ICU Medical Insiders?

Insiders sold stock recently, but they haven't been buying. But we take heart from prior transactions. It's good to see insiders are shareholders. So the recent selling doesn't worry us too much. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing ICU Medical. For example, ICU Medical has 2 warning signs (and 1 which makes us a bit uncomfortable) we think you should know about.

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