Have Insiders Been Buying Super Retail Group Limited (ASX:SUL) Shares This Year?
It is not uncommon to see companies perform well in the years after insiders buy shares. Unfortunately, there are also plenty of examples of share prices declining precipitously after insiders have sold shares. So before you buy or sell Super Retail Group Limited (ASX:SUL), you may well want to know whether insiders have been buying or selling.
Do Insider Transactions Matter?
Most investors know that it is quite permissible for company leaders, such as directors of the board, to buy and sell stock in the company. However, most countries require that the company discloses such transactions to the market.
We would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing. But it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing. For example, a Harvard University study found that 'insider purchases earn abnormal returns of more than 6% per year'.
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Super Retail Group Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Group MD Anthony Heraghty for AU$266k worth of shares, at about AU$12.02 per share. That means that an insider was happy to buy shares at around the current price of AU$12.83. Of course they may have changed their mind. But this suggests they are optimistic. While we always like to see insider buying, it's less meaningful if the purchases were made at much lower prices, as the opportunity they saw may have passed. The good news for Super Retail Group share holders is that insiders were buying at near the current price. We note that Anthony Heraghty was both the biggest buyer and the biggest seller.
Over the last year, we can see that insiders have bought 27.09k shares worth AU$316k. On the other hand they divested 15.10k shares, for AU$163k. In the last twelve months there was more buying than selling by Super Retail Group insiders. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!
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Insider Ownership
Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. It's great to see that Super Retail Group insiders own 31% of the company, worth about AU$895m. This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.
So What Do The Super Retail Group Insider Transactions Indicate?
It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Super Retail Group shares in the last quarter. On a brighter note, the transactions over the last year are encouraging. It would be great to see more insider buying, but overall it seems like Super Retail Group insiders are reasonably well aligned (owning significant chunk of the company's shares) 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 Super Retail Group you should be aware of, and 1 of these is a bit unpleasant.
But note: Super Retail Group may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with high ROE and low debt.
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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