One Intellicheck Insider Has Reduced Their Stake

Looking at Intellicheck, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:IDN ) insider transactions over the last year, we can see that insiders were net sellers. That is, there were more number of shares sold by insiders than there were purchased.

Although we don't think shareholders should simply follow insider transactions, we do think it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Intellicheck

The insider, Jeffrey Ishmael, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for US$102k worth of shares at a price of US$3.95 each. While we don't usually like to see insider selling, it's more concerning if the sales take place at a lower price. It's of some comfort that this sale was conducted at a price well above the current share price, which is US$2.60. So it is hard to draw any strong conclusion from it. Jeffrey Ishmael was the only individual insider to sell shares in the last twelve months.

In the last twelve months insiders purchased 38.40k shares for US$85k. On the other hand they divested 69.93k shares, for US$198k. Jeffrey Ishmael ditched 69.93k shares over the year. The average price per share was US$2.83. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. 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 Intellicheck

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Insiders own 6.7% of Intellicheck shares, worth about US$3.3m, according to our data. Overall, this level of ownership isn't that impressive, but it's certainly better than nothing!

So What Do The Intellicheck Insider Transactions Indicate?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Intellicheck shares in the last quarter. We don't take much encouragement from the transactions by Intellicheck insiders. And we're not picking up on high enough insider ownership to give us any comfort. While it's good to be aware of what's going on with the insider's ownership and transactions, we make sure to also consider what risks are facing a stock before making any investment decision. At Simply Wall St, we've found that Intellicheck has 3 warning signs (1 is significant!) that deserve your attention before going any further with your analysis.

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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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