Have Mativ Holdings Insiders Been Selling Stock?

Anyone interested in Mativ Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:MATV) should probably be aware that the President, Julie Schertell, recently divested US$214k worth of shares in the company, at an average price of US$17.81 each. However, the silver lining is that the sale only reduced their total holding by 4.1%, so we're hesitant to read anything much into it, on its own.

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Mativ Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In fact, the recent sale by Julie Schertell was the biggest sale of Mativ Holdings shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. That means that an insider was selling shares at below the current price (US$18.16). As a general rule we consider it to be discouraging when insiders are selling below the current price, because it suggests they were happy with a lower valuation. Please do note, however, that sellers may have a variety of reasons for selling, so we don't know for sure what they think of the stock price. This single sale was just 4.1% of Julie Schertell's stake.

Happily, we note that in the last year insiders paid US$628k for 38.00k shares. But insiders sold 12.00k shares worth US$214k. In the last twelve months there was more buying than selling by Mativ Holdings insiders. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!

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Insider Ownership Of Mativ 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. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Mativ Holdings insiders own about US$21m worth of shares. That equates to 2.1% 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 Mativ Holdings Insider Transactions Indicate?

An insider sold Mativ Holdings shares recently, but they didn't buy any. On the other hand, the insider transactions over the last year are encouraging. And insiders do own shares. So we're not overly bothered by recent selling. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Mativ Holdings. For instance, we've identified 4 warning signs for Mativ Holdings (1 is concerning) you should be aware of.

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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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