Some OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:OSW) shareholders may be a little concerned to see that the Independent Director, Andrew Heyer, recently sold a substantial US$1.1m worth of stock at a price of US$26.37 per share. However, it's crucial to note that they remain very much invested in the stock and that sale only reduced their holding by 5.6%.

OneSpaWorld Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the CEO & Executive Chairman, Leonard Fluxman, sold US$2.2m worth of shares at a price of US$24.07 per share. That means that an insider was selling shares at slightly below the current price (US$25.99). When an insider sells below the current price, it suggests that they considered that lower price to be fair. That makes us wonder what they think of the (higher) recent valuation. However, while insider selling is sometimes discouraging, it's only a weak signal. It is worth noting that this sale was only 7.3% of Leonard Fluxman's holding.

OneSpaWorld Holdings insiders didn't buy any shares over the last year. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!

I will like OneSpaWorld Holdings better if I see some big insider buys.

Insider Ownership

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. Insiders own 2.6% of OneSpaWorld Holdings shares, worth about US$67m. 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 OneSpaWorld Holdings Tell Us?

Insiders sold stock recently, but they haven't been buying. Looking to the last twelve months, our data doesn't show any insider buying. But since OneSpaWorld Holdings is profitable and growing, we're not too worried by this. While insiders do own shares, they don't own a heap, and they have been selling. We're in no rush to buy! In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing OneSpaWorld Holdings.

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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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