Frank Baur Spends US$220k Buying Diebold Nixdorf Shares

Potential Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (NYSE:DBD) shareholders may wish to note that insider Frank Baur recently bought US$220k worth of stock, paying US$41.42 for each share. That's a very solid buy in our book, and increased their holding by a noteworthy 39%.

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Diebold Nixdorf Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

The Independent Director Arthur Anton made the biggest insider purchase in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for US$232k worth of shares at a price of US$23.33 each. We do like to see buying, but this purchase was made at well below the current price of US$39.11. Because it occurred at a lower valuation, it doesn't tell us much about whether insiders might find today's price attractive.

Diebold Nixdorf insiders may have bought shares in the last year, but they didn't sell any. The average buy price was around US$33.61. To my mind it is good that insiders have invested their own money in the company. But we must note that the investments were made at well below today's share price. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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Does Diebold Nixdorf Boast High Insider Ownership?

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. Our data indicates that Diebold Nixdorf insiders own about US$8.0m worth of shares (which is 0.5% of the company). Whilst better than nothing, we're not overly impressed by these holdings.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Diebold Nixdorf Tell Us?

It's certainly positive to see the recent insider purchases. And the longer term insider transactions also give us confidence. While the overall levels of insider ownership are below what we'd like to see, the history of transactions imply that Diebold Nixdorf insiders are reasonably well aligned, and optimistic for the future. 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. Case in point: We've spotted 3 warning signs for Diebold Nixdorf you should be aware of, and 1 of these shouldn't be ignored.

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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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