Van Lanschot Kempen CEO & Chairman of the Management Board Acquires 87% More Stock

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21-03-2025

Van Lanschot Kempen NV (AMS:VLK) shareholders (or potential shareholders) will be happy to see that the CEO & Chairman of the Management Board, Maarten Edixhoven, recently bought a whopping €1.8m worth of stock, at a price of €45.32. That purchase boosted their holding by 87%, which makes us wonder if the move was inspired by quietly confident deeply-felt optimism.
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In fact, the recent purchase by Maarten Edixhoven was the biggest purchase of Van Lanschot Kempen shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. That implies that an insider found the current price of €48.45 per share to be enticing. Of course they may have changed their mind. But this suggests they are optimistic. While we always like to see insider buying, it's less meaningful if the purchases were made at much lower prices, as the opportunity they saw may have passed. In this case we're pleased to report that the insider purchases were made at close to current prices.
In the last twelve months Van Lanschot Kempen insiders were buying shares, but not 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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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. Van Lanschot Kempen insiders own about €79m worth of shares. That equates to 3.9% of the company. This level of insider ownership is good but just short of being particularly stand-out. It certainly does suggest a reasonable degree of alignment.
The recent insider purchases are heartening. And the longer term insider transactions also give us confidence. Given that insiders also own a fair bit of Van Lanschot Kempen we think they are probably pretty confident of a bright future. While it's good to be aware of what's going on with the insider's ownership and transactions, we make sure to also consider what risks are facing a stock before making any investment decision. For example - Van Lanschot Kempen 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 of direct interests only, but not derivative transactions or indirect interests.
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