We wouldn't blame Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE) shareholders if they were a little worried about the fact that Antonio Neri, the CEO, President & Director recently netted about US$6.7m selling shares at an average price of US$25.18. That's a big disposal, and it decreased their holding size by 13%, which is notable but not too bad.

The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Hewlett Packard Enterprise

In fact, the recent sale by Antonio Neri was the biggest sale of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. 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 (US$22.61). So it is hard to draw any strong conclusion from it.

In the last year Hewlett Packard Enterprise 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

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. Hewlett Packard Enterprise insiders own about US$113m worth of shares (which is 0.4% of the company). Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.

So What Do The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Insider Transactions Indicate?

Insiders sold Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares recently, but they didn't buy any. And even if we look at the last year, we didn't see any purchases. While insiders do own a lot of shares in the company (which is good), our analysis of their transactions doesn't make us feel confident about the company. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. While conducting our analysis, we found that Hewlett Packard Enterprise has 3 warning signs and it would be unwise to ignore them.

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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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