The CEO & Director of Vonage Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:VG), Rory Read, Just Bought 1.1% More Shares
Potential Vonage Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:VG) shareholders may wish to note that the CEO & Director, Rory Read, recently bought US$200k worth of stock, paying US$11.83 for each share. While that's a very decent purchase to our minds, it was proportionally a bit modest, boosting their holding by just 1.1%.
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Vonage Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
Notably, that recent purchase by Rory Read is the biggest insider purchase of Vonage Holdings shares that we've seen in the last year. That means that even when the share price was higher than US$11.67 (the recent price), an insider wanted to purchase shares. It's very possible they regret the purchase, but it's more likely they are bullish about the company. In our view, the price an insider pays for shares is very important. It is encouraging to see an insider paid above the current price for shares, as it suggests they saw value, even at higher levels. Rory Read was the only individual insider to buy during 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 Vonage Holdings
Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Vonage Holdings insiders own 5.9% of the company, currently worth about US$169m based on the recent share price. This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.
So What Do The Vonage Holdings Insider Transactions Indicate?
It's certainly positive to see the recent insider purchase. And the longer term insider transactions also give us confidence. But on the other hand, the company made a loss during the last year, which makes us a little cautious. Along with the high insider ownership, this analysis suggests that insiders are quite bullish about Vonage Holdings. One for the watchlist, at least! 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. For example - Vonage Holdings has 1 warning sign we think you should be aware of.
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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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