Investors may wish to note that the CFO & COO of Intellicheck, Inc., Jeffrey Ishmael, recently netted US$84k from selling stock, receiving an average price of US$2.28. It might not be a huge sale, but it did reduce their holding size 14%, hardly encouraging.

Intellicheck Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In fact, the recent sale by CFO & COO Jeffrey Ishmael was not their only sale of Intellicheck shares this year. Earlier in the year, they fetched US$3.95 per share in a -US$102k sale. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold at a lower price. The good news is that this large sale was at well above current price of US$2.29. So it may not tell us anything about how insiders feel about the current share price.

Happily, we note that in the last year insiders paid US$69k for 36.42k shares. But insiders sold 66.96k shares worth US$191k. In total, Intellicheck insiders sold more than they bought over the last year. They sold for an average price of about US$2.86. We are not joyful about insider selling. However, we do note that the average sale price was significantly higher than the current share price (which is US$2.29). 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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Does Intellicheck Boast High Insider Ownership?

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. Insiders own 7.0% of Intellicheck shares, worth about US$3.0m, according to our data. We do generally prefer see higher levels of insider ownership.

So What Does This Data Suggest About Intellicheck Insiders?

An insider sold stock recently, but they haven't been buying. Zooming out, the longer term picture doesn't give us much comfort. When you consider that most companies have higher levels of insider ownership, we're a little wary. So we'd only buy after very careful consideration. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. To assist with this, we've discovered 3 warning signs that you should run your eye over to get a better picture of Intellicheck.

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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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