Zuora Co-Founder Tien Tzuo Sells 50% Of Holding

We wouldn't blame Zuora, Inc. (NYSE:ZUO) shareholders if they were a little worried about the fact that Tien Tzuo, the Co-Founder recently netted about US$533k selling shares at an average price of US$8.34. Probably the most concerning element of the whole transaction is that the disposal amounted to 50% of their entire holding.

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Zuora Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider sale was by the President & Chief Revenue Officer, Robert J. Traube, for US$607k worth of shares, at about US$9.64 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$8.61). So it may not tell us anything about how insiders feel about the current share price.

In the last year Zuora insiders didn't buy any company stock. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart 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

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 Zuora shares, worth about US$85m. 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 Zuora Tell Us?

Insiders haven't bought Zuora stock in the last three months, but there was some selling. Looking to the last twelve months, our data doesn't show any insider buying. While insiders do own shares, they don't own a heap, and they have been selling. We're in no rush to buy! 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 3 warning signs that you should run your eye over to get a better picture of Zuora.

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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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