Multiple insiders secured a larger position in Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG) shares over the last 12 months. This is reassuring as this suggests that insiders have increased optimism about the company's prospects.

Although we don't think shareholders should simply follow insider transactions, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.

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Rogers Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Independent Director Armand Lauzon for US$503k worth of shares, at about US$150 per share. That means that even when the share price was higher than US$113 (the recent price), an insider wanted to purchase shares. Their view may have changed since then, but at least it shows they felt optimistic at the time. We always take careful note of the price insiders pay when purchasing shares. It is generally more encouraging if they paid above the current price, as it suggests they saw value, even at higher levels.

In the last twelve months insiders purchased 3.97k shares for US$598k. On the other hand they divested 2.50k shares, for US$389k. In the last twelve months there was more buying than selling by Rogers insiders. 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!

There are always plenty of stocks that insiders are buying. So if that suits your style you could check each stock one by one or you could take a look at this free list of companies. (Hint: insiders have been buying them).

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. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Rogers insiders own about US$25m worth of shares. That equates to 1.2% of the company. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Rogers Tell Us?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Rogers shares in the last quarter. On a brighter note, the transactions over the last year are encouraging. Insiders own shares in Rogers and we see no evidence to suggest they are worried about the future. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Rogers. Every company has risks, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for Rogers you should know about.

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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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