Insiders seem to have made the most of their holdings by selling S$3.3m worth of DBS Group Holdings Ltd (SGX:D05) stock at an average sell price of S$32.50 during the past year. The company's market valuation decreased by S$3.4b after the stock price dropped 3.9% over the past week, but insiders were spared from painful losses.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we do think it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At DBS Group Holdings

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider sale was by the CEO & Executive Director, Piyush Gupta, for S$1.6m worth of shares, at about S$32.50 per share. So what is clear is that an insider saw fit to sell at around the current price of S$32.04. While we don't usually like to see insider selling, it's more concerning if the sales take place at a lower price. In this case, the big sale took place at around the current price, so it's not too bad (but it's still not a positive). Piyush Gupta was the only individual insider to sell over the last year.

Piyush Gupta ditched 100.00k shares over the year. The average price per share was S$32.50. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!

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Does DBS Group Holdings Boast High Insider Ownership?

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. DBS Group Holdings insiders own about S$172m worth of shares (which is 0.2% 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 DBS Group Holdings Tell Us?

The fact that there have been no DBS Group Holdings insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. It's heartening that insiders own plenty of stock, but we'd like to see more insider buying, since the last year of DBS Group Holdings insider transactions don't fill us with confidence. While we like knowing what's going on with the insider's ownership and transactions, we make sure to also consider what risks are facing a stock before making any investment decision. When we did our research, we found 2 warning signs for DBS Group Holdings (1 is concerning!) that we believe deserve your full attention.

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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, but not derivative transactions.

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