Insiders who bought Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (NYSE:MCB) stock lover the last 12 months are probably not as affected by last week's 11% loss. After taking the recent loss into consideration, the US$829.7k worth of stock they bought is now worth US$1.48m, indicating that their investment yielded a positive return.

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

Metropolitan Bank Holding Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by President Mark DeFazio for US$496k worth of shares, at about US$25.15 per share. Although we like to see insider buying, we note that this large purchase was at significantly below the recent price of US$44.56. Because it occurred at a lower valuation, it doesn't tell us much about whether insiders might find today's price attractive.

Metropolitan Bank Holding insiders may have bought shares in the last year, but they didn't sell any. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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Insider Ownership Of Metropolitan Bank Holding

I like to look at how many shares insiders own in a company, to help inform my view of how aligned they are with insiders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Insiders own 5.4% of Metropolitan Bank Holding shares, worth about US$27m. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.

So What Do The Metropolitan Bank Holding Insider Transactions Indicate?

The fact that there have been no Metropolitan Bank Holding insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. On a brighter note, the transactions over the last year are encouraging. Insiders own shares in Metropolitan Bank Holding and we see no evidence to suggest they are worried about the future. If you are like me, you may want to think about whether this company will grow or shrink. Luckily, you can check this free report showing analyst forecasts for its future.

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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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