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Last week, BrightView Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BV) insiders, who had purchased shares in the previous 12 months were rewarded handsomely. The shares increased by 12% last week, resulting in a US$164m increase in the company's market worth, implying a 19% gain on their initial purchase. As a result, their original purchase of US$665.0k worth of stock is now worth US$788.5k.
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.
BrightView Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
In the last twelve months, the biggest single purchase by an insider was when Independent Director Kurtis Barker bought US$530k worth of shares at a price of US$13.25 per share. Although we like to see insider buying, we note that this large purchase was at significantly below the recent price of US$15.77. Because it occurred at a lower valuation, it doesn't tell us much about whether insiders might find today's price attractive.
In the last twelve months insiders purchased 50.00k shares for US$665k. But they sold 15.11k shares for US$235k. In the last twelve months there was more buying than selling by BrightView Holdings 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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There are always plenty of stocks that insiders are buying. If investing in lesser known companies is your style, you could take a look at this free list of companies. (Hint: insiders have been buying them).
BrightView Holdings Insiders Bought Stock Recently
Over the last three months, we've seen significant insider buying at BrightView Holdings. Overall, two insiders shelled out US$665k for shares in the company -- and none sold. This could be interpreted as suggesting a positive outlook.
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. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. It appears that BrightView Holdings insiders own 4.6% of the company, worth about US$69m. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders.