BBR Holdings (S) Executive Deputy Chairman Kheng Hwee Tan Sells 77% Of Holding
Some BBR Holdings (S) Ltd (SGX:KJ5) shareholders may be a little concerned to see that the Executive Deputy Chairman, Kheng Hwee Tan, recently sold a substantial S$4.0m worth of stock at a price of S$0.30 per share. Probably the most concerning element of the whole transaction is that the disposal amounted to 77% of their entire holding.
BBR Holdings (S) Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
Notably, that recent sale by Kheng Hwee Tan is the biggest insider sale of BBR Holdings (S) shares that we've seen in the last year. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. The silver lining is that this sell-down took place above the latest price (S$0.23). So it may not tell us anything about how insiders feel about the current share price.
BBR Holdings (S) insiders didn't buy any shares over 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
For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. It appears that BBR Holdings (S) insiders own 27% of the company, worth about S$20m. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders.
What Might The Insider Transactions At BBR Holdings (S) Tell Us?
An insider sold stock recently, but they haven't been buying. And there weren't any purchases to give us comfort, over the last year. While insiders do own shares, they don't own a heap, and they have been selling. We'd practice some caution before buying! In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing BBR Holdings (S). At Simply Wall St, we found 4 warning signs for BBR Holdings (S) that deserve your attention before buying any shares.
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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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