Investors may wish to note that the Chief Digital Officer & General Counsel of First Northwest Bancorp, Christopher Riffle, recently netted US$78k from selling stock, receiving an average price of US$15.49. It wasn't a huge sale, but it did reduce their holding by 13%. This does not instill confidence.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At First Northwest Bancorp

In the last twelve months, the biggest single purchase by an insider was when Independent Director Dana Behar bought US$210k worth of shares at a price of US$10.50 per share. We do like to see buying, but this purchase was made at well below the current price of US$15.61. Because the shares were purchased at a lower price, this particular buy doesn't tell us much about how insiders feel about the current share price.

Happily, we note that in the last year insiders paid US$432k for 39.00k shares. But they sold 13.22k shares for US$201k. In the last twelve months there was more buying than selling by First Northwest Bancorp insiders. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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 Of First Northwest Bancorp

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. Our data indicates that First Northwest Bancorp insiders own about US$7.4m worth of shares (which is 5.3% of the company). We do generally prefer see higher levels of insider ownership.

So What Do The First Northwest Bancorp Insider Transactions Indicate?

An insider sold First Northwest Bancorp shares recently, but they didn't buy any. But we take heart from prior transactions. But insiders own relatively little of the company, from what we can see. So we can't be sure that insiders are optimistic. While we like knowing what's going on with the insider's ownership and transactions, we make sure to also consider what risks are facing a stock before making any investment decision. For example, First Northwest Bancorp has 3 warning signs (and 1 which shouldn't be ignored) we think 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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