Investors may wish to note that an insider of Franklin Financial Services Corporation, Steven Butz, recently netted US$81k from selling stock, receiving an average price of US$57.73. It might not be a huge sale, but it did reduce their holding size 20%, hardly encouraging.

Franklin Financial Services Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Independent Director Gregory Snook for US$106k worth of shares, at about US$48.18 per share. Although we like to see insider buying, we note that this large purchase was at significantly below the recent price of US$57.02. While it does suggest insiders consider the stock undervalued at lower prices, this transaction doesn't tell us much about what they think of current prices.

Over the last year, we can see that insiders have bought 2.68k shares worth US$129k. But insiders sold 4.93k shares worth US$256k. In total, Franklin Financial Services insiders sold more than they bought over the last year. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!

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Insider Ownership

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. It appears that Franklin Financial Services insiders own 7.0% of the company, worth about US$18m. This level of insider ownership is good but just short of being particularly stand-out. It certainly does suggest a reasonable degree of alignment.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Franklin Financial Services Tell Us?

We note a that there has been a bit of insider buying recently (but no selling). Overall the buying isn't worth writing home about. We're a little cautious about the insider selling at Franklin Financial Services. But it's good to see that insiders own shares in the company. Of course, the future is what matters most.

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