Some BOK Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:BOKF) shareholders may be a little concerned to see that the Executive Vice President of Specialised Industries Banking, Brad Vincent, recently sold a substantial US$584k worth of stock at a price of US$145 per share. That sale reduced their total holding by 14% which is hardly insignificant, but far from the worst we've seen.

The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At BOK Financial

Notably, that recent sale by Brad Vincent is the biggest insider sale of BOK Financial shares that we've seen in the last year. So we know that an insider sold shares at around the present share price of US$144. While we don't usually like to see insider selling, it's more concerning if the sales take place at a lower price. In this case, the big sale took place at around the current price, so it's not too bad (but it's still not a positive).

In the last year BOK Financial insiders didn't buy any company stock. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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Insider Ownership Of BOK Financial

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. BOK Financial insiders own about US$5.6b worth of shares (which is 64% of the company). This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.

So What Do The BOK Financial Insider Transactions Indicate?

Insiders haven't bought BOK Financial stock in the last three months, but there was some selling. And there weren't any purchases to give us comfort, over the last year. But it is good to see that BOK Financial is growing earnings. It is good to see high insider ownership, but the insider selling leaves us cautious. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing BOK Financial. To help with this, we've discovered 2 warning signs (1 is potentially serious!) that you ought to be aware of before buying any shares in BOK Financial.

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