Insider Spends US$287k Buying More Shares In Baldwin Insurance Group

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Investors who take an interest in The Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWIN) should definitely note that the Chief Financial Officer, Bradford Hale, recently paid US$28.72 per share to buy US$287k worth of the stock. Although the purchase only increased their holding by 6.9%, it is still a solid purchase in our view.

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Baldwin Insurance Group Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the insider, James Roche, sold US$14m worth of shares at a price of US$43.13 per share. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. The silver lining is that this sell-down took place above the latest price (US$33.19). So it is hard to draw any strong conclusion from it.

In total, Baldwin Insurance Group insiders sold more than they bought over the last year. 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

Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. It appears that Baldwin Insurance Group insiders own 0.6% of the company, worth about US$24m. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Baldwin Insurance Group Tell Us?

Unfortunately, there has been more insider selling of Baldwin Insurance Group stock, than buying, in the last three months. And our longer term analysis of insider transactions didn't bring confidence, either. While insiders do own shares, they don't own a heap, and they have been selling. So we'd only buy after careful consideration. So while it's helpful to know what insiders are doing in terms of buying or selling, it's also helpful to know the risks that a particular company is facing. To assist with this, we've discovered 1 warning sign that you should run your eye over to get a better picture of Baldwin Insurance Group.

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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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