David Carberry Is The Independent Director of Tyme Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TYME) And They Just Picked Up 100% More Shares

Even if it's not a huge purchase, we think it was good to see that David Carberry, the Independent Director of Tyme Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TYME) recently shelled out US$52k to buy stock, at US$1.03 per share. Even though that isn't a massive buy, it did increase their holding by 100%, which is arguably a good sign.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Tyme Technologies

The Co-Founder, Steven Hoffman, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for US$613k worth of shares at a price of US$1.27 each. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. It's of some comfort that this sale was conducted at a price well above the current share price, which is US$1.08. So it may not shed much light on insider confidence at current levels.

Over the last year, we can see that insiders have bought 52.81k shares worth US$56k. But insiders sold 1.52m shares worth US$2.1m. Over the last year we saw more insider selling of Tyme Technologies shares, than buying. 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

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Insiders own 31% of Tyme Technologies shares, 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 Tyme Technologies Insiders?

Unfortunately, there has been more insider selling of Tyme Technologies stock, than buying, in the last three months. Despite some insider buying, the longer term picture doesn't make us feel much more positive. While insiders do own shares, they don't own a heap, and they have been selling. We're in no rush to buy! In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Tyme Technologies. When we did our research, we found 5 warning signs for Tyme Technologies (2 are 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, but not derivative transactions.

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