We wouldn't blame Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) shareholders if they were a little worried about the fact that Gunner Smith, the President of Roofing recently netted about US$1.1m selling shares at an average price of US$149. That's a big disposal, and it decreased their holding size by 17%, which is notable but not too bad.
The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Owens Corning
Notably, that recent sale by Gunner Smith is the biggest insider sale of Owens Corning shares that we've seen in the last year. That means that an insider was selling shares at around the current price of US$140. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. 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).
Owens Corning insiders didn't buy any shares over the last year. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. 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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Insider Ownership Of Owens Corning
Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Owens Corning insiders own about US$84m worth of shares. That equates to 0.7% of the company. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders.
So What Do The Owens Corning Insider Transactions Indicate?
Insiders sold stock recently, but they haven't been buying. And even if we look at the last year, we didn't see any purchases. On the plus side, Owens Corning makes money, and is growing profits. Insiders own shares, but we're still pretty cautious, given the history of sales. We'd practice some caution before buying! So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. To assist with this, we've discovered 1 warning sign that you should run your eye over to get a better picture of Owens Corning.
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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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