Over the last year, a good number of insiders have significantly increased their holdings in BT Group plc (LON:BT.A). This is encouraging because it indicates that insiders are more optimistic about the company’s prospects.
While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.
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BT Group Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by CEO & Director Allison Kirkby for UK£428k worth of shares, at about UK£1.07 per share. We do like to see buying, but this purchase was made at well below the current price of UK£1.46. Because the shares were purchased at a lower price, this particular buy doesn’t tell us much about how insiders feel about the current share price.
Happily, we note that in the last year insiders paid UK£463k for 433.00k shares. But insiders sold 160.00k shares worth UK£200k. In the last twelve months there was more buying than selling by BT Group insiders. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!
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Insider Ownership Of BT Group
Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. I reckon it’s a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. It’s great to see that BT Group insiders own 15% of the company, worth about UK£2.2b. I like to see this level of insider ownership, because it increases the chances that management are thinking about the best interests of shareholders.
So What Does This Data Suggest About BT Group Insiders?
The fact that there have been no BT Group insider transactions recently certainly doesn’t bother us. However, our analysis of transactions over the last year is heartening. Judging from their transactions, and high insider ownership, BT Group insiders feel good about the company’s future. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it’s beneficial to identify the risks facing BT Group. To assist with this, we’ve discovered 4 warning signs that you should run your eye over to get a better picture of BT Group.
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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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