While Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMCI) shareholders have enjoyed a good week with stock up 15%, they need remain vigilant. Although prices were relatively low, insiders chose to sell US$30m worth of stock in the past 12 months. This could be a sign of impending weakness.

While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.

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Treace Medical Concepts Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

The insider, F. Bays, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for US$29m worth of shares at a price of US$26.51 each. While we don't usually like to see insider selling, it's more concerning if the sales take place at a lower price. The silver lining is that this sell-down took place above the latest price (US$10.96). So it may not shed much light on insider confidence at current levels.

Treace Medical Concepts insiders didn't buy any shares over the last year. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!

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Insider Ownership Of Treace Medical Concepts

I like to look at how many shares insiders own in a company, to help inform my view of how aligned they are with insiders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. Treace Medical Concepts insiders own 28% of the company, currently worth about US$191m based on the recent share price. This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Treace Medical Concepts Tell Us?

There haven't been any insider transactions in the last three months -- that doesn't mean much. It's great to see high levels of insider ownership, but looking back over the last year, we don't gain confidence from the Treace Medical Concepts insiders selling. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. At Simply Wall St, we found 3 warning signs for Treace Medical Concepts that deserve your attention before buying any shares.

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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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