09-05-2025
OUTsurance Group Insiders Placed Bullish Bets Worth R51.8m
Multiple insiders secured a larger position in OUTsurance Group Limited (JSE:OUT) shares over the last 12 months. This is reassuring as this suggests that insiders have increased optimism about the company's prospects.
Although we don't think shareholders should simply follow insider transactions, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.
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Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by CFO & Executive Director Jan Hofmeyr for R20m worth of shares, at about R42.27 per share. Even though the purchase was made at a significantly lower price than the recent price (R76.09), we still think insider buying is a positive. Because the shares were purchased at a lower price, this particular buy doesn't tell us much about how insiders feel about the current share price.
While OUTsurance Group insiders bought shares during the last year, they didn't sell. Their average price was about R51.44. To my mind it is good that insiders have invested their own money in the company. But we must note that the investments were made at well below today's share price. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!
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Over the last three months, we've seen a bit of insider buying at OUTsurance Group. Insiders purchased R354k worth of shares in that period. It's great to see that insiders are only buying, not selling. But the amount invested in the last three months isn't enough for us too put much weight on it, as a single factor.
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. OUTsurance Group insiders own about R255m worth of shares. That equates to 0.2% 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.
It is good to see recent purchasing. And the longer term insider transactions also give us confidence. Once you factor in the high insider ownership, it certainly seems like insiders are positive about OUTsurance Group. Nice! Therefore, you should definitely take a look at this FREE report showing analyst forecasts for OUTsurance Group.
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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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