President Mark Adams Just Bought 2.1% More Shares In SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGH)
Potential SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGH) shareholders may wish to note that the President, Mark Adams, recently bought US$255k worth of stock, paying US$25.99 for each share. While that's a very decent purchase to our minds, it was proportionally a bit modest, boosting their holding by just 2.1%.
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SMART Global Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
Notably, that recent purchase by Mark Adams is the biggest insider purchase of SMART Global Holdings shares that we've seen in the last year. That means that an insider was happy to buy shares at above the current price of US$25.02. Their view may have changed since then, but at least it shows they felt optimistic at the time. We always take careful note of the price insiders pay when purchasing shares. As a general rule, we feel more positive about a stock when an insider has bought shares at above current prices, because that suggests they viewed the stock as good value, even at a higher price. Mark Adams was the only individual insider to buy during the last year.
The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. 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
Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. Insiders own 6.3% of SMART Global Holdings shares, worth about US$38m. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.
So What Does This Data Suggest About SMART Global Holdings Insiders?
It's certainly positive to see the recent insider purchase. We also take confidence from the longer term picture of insider transactions. But we don't feel the same about the fact the company is making losses. Given that insiders also own a fair bit of SMART Global Holdings we think they are probably pretty confident of a bright future. 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, SMART Global Holdings has 2 warning signs (and 1 which is concerning) we think you should know about.
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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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