Insider trade analysis of stocks

Analysis of insider trades is Investtech’s alternative to fundamental analysis. When persons on a company’s Board or in management buy stocks, it signals that they think the stock is cheap. Insider sales are considered a signal that the stock is expensive or high risk.

Investtech’s insider trade analyses give an overview of insider purchases and insider sales in a company over time.

Insider trades per company

Each trade is assigned an importance on a scale from 0 to 100. Big trades count more than small ones, and trades where the insiders owned few stocks to start with, are given more weight than where they owned many. An insider purchase gives a positive number and sales give a negative number.

In Norway all registered insiders are obliged to report their own trades as soon as possible, and no later than when the exchange opens the next day. Investtech evaluates all stock exchange messages and registers data on insider trades. The insider trade analysis for Swedish stocks is based on the insider transactions reported
to the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority’s Insider Register.

Based on all reported insider trades in a company, Investtech’s systems assign the stock an insider ranking on the scale -100 to +100. Stocks with an insider ranking of 50 or higher are considered buy candidates based on insider trades. Insider rankings from 25 to 50 are considered weak buy candidates. Similarly, negative insider rankings are
considered sell candidates.

Explanation of table with insider trades
Insider trades shown in table

The trades in this table are the ones in the chart above.

Field Description
Date Date the trade was reported
Type Type of transaction
Count Number of stocks
Price The buying/selling price for the stocks
Value Value of the trade in NOK/SEK 1000
Percent Value of the trade in percentage of the insider's total holding in the stock
Controlled Number of stocks the insider owns after the transaction
Text Short text describing the transaction. Purchases in green, sales in red.
Importance The importance of the trade, calculated based on the amount of money traded for and the insider's change of stock ownership in percent. The scale goes from 0 (= unimportant) to 100 (=important).

Insiderkøb som indikator for den videre kursudvikling i aktien

Publiceret 28.05.2019

Aktier med insiderkøb har i gennemsnit klaret sig bedre end referenceindekset i perioden efter insiderkøbet, og aktier med insidersalg har i gennemsnit klaret sig dårligere end referenceindekset i perioden efter insidersalget. Det viser en forskningsrapport fra Investtech baseret på 20 år med data fra Oslo Børs og 16 år med data fra Stockholms-børsen.

Analyse af insiderhandler er Investtechs alternativ til fundamental analyse. Når en person i selskabets bestyrelse eller ledelse køber aktier, er det et signal om, at vedkommende mener, at aktien er billig. Insidersalg bliver anset for at være et signal om, at aktien er dyr eller, at risikoen er høj.

Investtechs insiderhandelsanalyser giver en oversigt over insiderkøb og insidersalg i et selskab over tid.

Innsidehandler per selskap

Du kan læse mere om analyse af insiderhandler på vores hjælpesider her.

Resultater insiderkøb

Insiderkøb Norge.

Insiderkøb Sverige.

Figur 1: Kursudvikling de første 66 dage efter insiderkøb.

Graferne i figur 1 viser den gennemsnitlige kursudvikling i kølvandet på insiderkøb i Norge og Sverige. Handlerne meldes før børsens lukketid på dag 0. Kun dage, hvor børsen er åben, indgår, således at 66 dage svarer til cirka tre måneder. Den tykke blå linje viser, hvordan aktier med insiderkøb i gennemsnit har udviklet sig. Det skraverede område angiver standardafvigelsen til beregningerne. Den tynde blå linje er den gennemsnitlige udvikling til referenceindekset i samme periode.

66-dages-tal Norge Sverige Vægtet gennemsnit
Købssignal 3.5 % 4.3 % 4.0 %
Referenceindeks i samme periode 2.2 % 2.4 % 2.3 %
Merafkastning købssignal 1.4 %p 1.8 %p 1.7 %p
Årlig
Købssignal 14.1 % 17.3 % 16.3 %
Referenceindeks i samme periode 8.5 % 9.6 % 9.2 %
Merafkastning købssignal 5.7 %p 7.7 %p 7.2 %p

Tabellen viser årlig afkastning og årlig merafkastning i procentpoint, benævnt %p. Insiderkøb både i Norge og Sverige har været fulgt af en positiv afkastning de kommende måneder. I Norge var opsvinget 3,5 procent og i Sverige 4,3 procent, som giver et vægtet gennemsnit på 4,0 procent. Årligt bliver afkastningen 16,3 procent svarende til en merafkastning på 7,2 procentpoint mod referenceindekset i samme periode.

Vi så også, at aktier med insiderkøb i gennemsnit var faldet i perioden før købet. Modsat var aktier med insidersalg steget i perioden før salget. Disse observationer er en indikation om, at insidere køber, når de mener, aktierne er fundamentalt billige og er faldet mere end fortjent. Samtidig sælger insiderne, når de mener, aktien er steget for meget og er blevet fundamentalt dyr. Investtechs insiderhandelsanalyse kan dermed anskues som en enkel fundamental analyse af aktien.

Du finder flere resultater og detaljer i forskningsrapporten, som du kan læse her (på norsk).

Insider Purchase

InnsidekjøpWhen primary insiders in a company buy stocks, it may be a signal that the stock is fundamentally cheap.

When someone on a company’s Board or a member of Management buys stocks, it signals that they think the stock price will rise. The primary insider may feel that the market has punished the stock too hard following negative news or that the market fails to sufficiently value positive news. It may also be the case that the company’s outlook is good and/or that the insider believes the purchase risk is low.

In general, we want to side with the primary insiders. It is considered safer to buy a stock that the company’s directors or management have purchased recently than a similar stock without insider trades.

 

Investtech Research: Insider Purchase

+8.1pp

Stocks with these positive signals have on average outperformed the market in the following months. Annualised excess return has been 8.1 percentage points (pp). This is significantly better than benchmark.

Annualised return (based on 66-day figures)
Positive signals medium term19.0%
Reference index10.9%
Excess return8.1pp

The research results are based on 9837 signals from Nordic stocks in the period 2008-2020.

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Insider Sale

InnsidesalgSales by primary insiders in a company may be a signal that the stock is fundamentally expensive.

When someone on a company’s Board or a member of Management sells stocks, it may be a signal that they are afraid the stock price will fall. The primary insider may think the stock has risen too much compared to the development and potential of the company, or that the market has failed to sufficiently take into account increased risk or negative news. It may also be the case that the company’s or sector’s outlook has been weakened or that the insider believes risk is high.

If the insider only sells a smaller share of their stocks, they may want to reduce risk in their own portfolio. Sales may also occur because an insider needs cash for something else or has found a better investment opportunity. In general, it is considered a negative signal when primary insiders sell stocks in their company. It is considered safer to buy a stock where directors or management have purchased stocks recently than similar stocks where insiders have recently sold.

 

Investtech Research: Insider Sale

-1.8pp

Stocks with these negative signal have on average underperformed compared to benchmark in the following months. Annualised return has been 1.8 percentage points (pp) weaker than benchmark.

Annualised return (based on 66-day figures)
Negative signal medium term8.0%
Reference index9.7%
Excess return-1.8pp

The research results are based on 5158 signals from Nordic stocks in the period 2008-2020.

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Investtech guarantees neither the entirety nor accuracy of the analyses. Any consequent exposure related to the advice / signals which emerge in the analyses is completely and entirely at the investors own expense and risk. Investtech is not responsible for any loss, either directly or indirectly, which arises as a result of the use of Investtechs analyses. Details of any arising conflicts of interest will always appear in the investment recommendations. Further information about Investtechs analyses can be found here disclaimer. The content provided by Investtech.com is NOT SEC or FSA regulated and is therefore not intended for US or UK consumers.

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