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Non Executive Chair of Volex David Webster Buys 35% More Shares

Simply Wall St · 2d ago

Potential Volex plc (LON:VLX) shareholders may wish to note that the Non Executive Chair, David Webster, recently bought UK£160k worth of stock, paying UK£4.07 for each share. That's a very solid buy in our book, and increased their holding by a noteworthy 35%.

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Volex Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the Chief Operating Officer, Dom Molloy, sold UK£1.2m worth of shares at a price of UK£3.79 per share. That means that even when the share price was below the current price of UK£3.98, an insider wanted to cash in some shares. We generally consider it a negative if insiders have been selling, especially if they did so below the current price, because it implies that they considered a lower price to be reasonable. While insider selling is not a positive sign, we can't be sure if it does mean insiders think the shares are fully valued, so it's only a weak sign. We note that the biggest single sale was only 13% of Dom Molloy's holding.

Over the last year, we can see that insiders have bought 245.96k shares worth UK£628k. But they sold 316.66k shares for UK£1.2m. Over the last year we saw more insider selling of Volex shares, than buying. They sold for an average price of about US$3.74. We don't gain confidence from insider selling below the recent share price. But we wouldn't put too much weight on the insider selling. 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 Volex

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. Volex insiders own about UK£207m worth of shares (which is 28% 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 Volex Tell Us?

It is good to see the recent insider purchase. However, the longer term transactions are not so encouraging. Overall, we'd prefer see a more sustained buying from directors, but with a significant insider holding and more recent purchases, Volex insiders are reasonably well aligned, and optimistic for the future. Therefore, you should definitely take a look at this FREE report showing analyst forecasts for Volex.

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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.