Some Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ:RPD) shareholders may be a little concerned to see that the President & COO, Andrew Burton, recently sold a substantial US$2.0m worth of stock at a price of US$52.47 per share. That sale reduced their total holding by 32% which is hardly insignificant, but far from the worst we've seen.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Rapid7

Notably, that recent sale by Andrew Burton is the biggest insider sale of Rapid7 shares that we've seen in the last year. So we know that an insider sold shares at around the present share price of US$52.15. While we don't usually like to see insider selling, it's more concerning if the sales take place at a lower price. In this case, the big sale took place at around the current price, so it's not too bad (but it's still not a positive).

Over the last year we saw more insider selling of Rapid7 shares, than buying. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart 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

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. Insiders own 1.6% of Rapid7 shares, worth about US$51m. This level of insider ownership is good but just short of being particularly stand-out. It certainly does suggest a reasonable degree of alignment.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Rapid7 Tell Us?

An insider sold Rapid7 shares recently, but they didn't buy any. And our longer term analysis of insider transactions didn't bring confidence, either. Insiders own shares, but we're still pretty cautious, given the history of sales. So we'd only buy after careful consideration. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Rapid7. Our analysis shows 4 warning signs for Rapid7 (1 makes us a bit uncomfortable!) and we strongly recommend you look at these before investing.

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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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