Mondee Holdings, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:MOND) value has fallen 23% in the last week, but insiders who sold US$19m worth of stock over the last year have had less success. Given that the average selling price of US$10.00 is still lower than the current share price, insiders would probably have been better off keeping their shares.
While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.
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Mondee Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the Founder, Prasad Gundumogula, sold US$17m worth of shares at a price of US$10.00 per share. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold at a lower price. The silver lining is that this sell-down took place above the latest price (US$2.14). So it is hard to draw any strong conclusion from it. Notably Prasad Gundumogula was also the biggest buyer, having purchased US$523k worth of shares.
All up, insiders sold more shares in Mondee Holdings than they bought, over the last year. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. 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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Does Mondee Holdings Boast High Insider Ownership?
I like to look at how many shares insiders own in a company, to help inform my view of how aligned they are with 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. It's great to see that Mondee Holdings insiders own 46% of the company, worth about US$84m. Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.
So What Does This Data Suggest About Mondee Holdings Insiders?
It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Mondee Holdings shares in the last quarter. While we feel good about high insider ownership of Mondee Holdings, we can't say the same about the selling of shares. 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 2 warning signs that you should run your eye over to get a better picture of Mondee Holdings.
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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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