EPAM Systems Insider Lowered Holding By 98% During Last Year

Viewing insider transactions for EPAM Systems, Inc.'s (NYSE:EPAM ) over the last year, we see that insiders were net sellers. This means that a larger number of shares were sold by insiders in relation to shares purchased.

While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.

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EPAM Systems Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the President of Global Business & Chief Revenue Officer, Balazs Fejes, sold US$1.1m worth of shares at a price of US$200 per share. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold at a lower price. The good news is that this large sale was at well above current price of US$181. So it is hard to draw any strong conclusion from it. The only individual insider seller over the last year was Balazs Fejes.

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 EPAM Systems

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. EPAM Systems insiders own about US$328m worth of shares (which is 3.3% of the company). This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At EPAM Systems Tell Us?

The fact that there have been no EPAM Systems insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. While we feel good about high insider ownership of EPAM Systems, we can't say the same about the selling of shares. Therefore, you should definitely take a look at this FREE report showing analyst forecasts for EPAM Systems.

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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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