Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (NYSE:TMHC) shareholders may have reason to be concerned, as several insiders sold their shares over the past year. When evaluating insider transactions, knowing whether insiders are buying versus if they selling is usually more beneficial, as the latter can be open to many interpretations. However, if numerous insiders are selling, shareholders should investigate more.

Although we don't think shareholders should simply follow insider transactions, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

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Taylor Morrison Home Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

The Executive Vice President of Strategic & Operational Initiatives, Louis Steffens, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for US$477k worth of shares at a price of US$39.22 each. That means that even when the share price was below the current price of US$44.74, an insider wanted to cash in some shares. When an insider sells below the current price, it suggests that they considered that lower price to be fair. That makes us wonder what they think of the (higher) recent valuation. Please do note, however, that sellers may have a variety of reasons for selling, so we don't know for sure what they think of the stock price. This single sale was just 16% of Louis Steffens's stake.

In the last year Taylor Morrison Home insiders didn't buy any company stock. 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!

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Insider Ownership

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Taylor Morrison Home insiders own 3.6% of the company, currently worth about US$176m based on the recent share price. Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.

So What Do The Taylor Morrison Home Insider Transactions Indicate?

The fact that there have been no Taylor Morrison Home insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. It's great to see high levels of insider ownership, but looking back over the last year, we don't gain confidence from the Taylor Morrison Home insiders selling. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Taylor Morrison Home. For example - Taylor Morrison Home has 1 warning sign we think you should be aware of.

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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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