Paycor HCM, Inc. Shareholders (or potential shareholders) of (NASDAQ: PYCR) will be pleased to see that CEO, President and Director, Raul Villar, recently purchased US $ 734,000 of shares, priced at US $ 29.35. As well as being a solid piece in itself, the Skillful Movement also saw their credit increase by around 17%.
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Paycor HCM Insider Transactions in the Last Year
In the past twelve months, the biggest buy by an insider was when Chief Revenue Officer Charles Mueller bought $ 1.3 million worth of shares at a price of $ 23.00 per share. While we love to see insider buys, we note that this large buy was significantly lower than the recent price of US $ 29.00. While it does suggest that insiders view the stock as undervalued at lower prices, this trade doesn’t tell us much about what they think about current prices.
In the past twelve months, Insiders of Paycor HCM were buying shares, but not selling them. You can see insider trading (by companies and individuals) over the past year represented in the graph below. If you click on the chart, you can see all of the individual trades including the stock price, individual and date!
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Insider ownership
Looking at the total insider stakes in a company can help you determine if they are aligned with common shareholders. We generally like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. According to our data, insiders own $ 3.0 million in Paycor HCM shares, or about 0.06% of the company. We consider this insider ownership to be quite low.
So what do Paycor HCM insider trading indicate?
It’s certainly positive to see the recent insider buy. We also trust the longer term picture of insider trading. But we don’t feel the same about the business taking losses. We would certainly prefer to see higher levels of insider ownership, but analysis of insider trading suggests that Paycor HCM insiders expect a bright future. In addition to knowing the current insider transactions, it is beneficial to identify the risks that Paycor HCM faces. Every business has risks, and we have spotted 2 warning signs for Paycor HCM you should know.
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For the purposes of this article, insiders are those persons who report their transactions to the relevant regulatory body. We currently account for open market transactions and private assignments, but not derivative transactions.
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