Some Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (NASDAQ:PPC) shareholders may be a little concerned to see that the President & CEO, Fabio Sandri, recently sold a substantial US$1.3m worth of stock at a price of US$33.32 per share. That's a big disposal, and it decreased their holding size by 19%, which is notable but not too bad.

Pilgrim's Pride Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In fact, the recent sale by Fabio Sandri was the biggest sale of Pilgrim's Pride shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. That means that even when the share price was slightly below the current price of US$33.72, an insider wanted to cash in some shares. As a general rule we consider it to be discouraging when insiders are selling below the current price, because it suggests they were happy with a lower valuation. While insider selling is not a positive sign, we can't be sure if it does mean insiders think the shares are fully valued, so it's only a weak sign. It is worth noting that this sale was only 19% of Fabio Sandri's holding.

You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, 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. From our data, it seems that Pilgrim's Pride insiders own 0.1% of the company, worth about US$7.7m. Overall, this level of ownership isn't that impressive, but it's certainly better than nothing!

What Might The Insider Transactions At Pilgrim's Pride Tell Us?

An insider sold stock recently, but they haven't been buying. And even if we look at the last year, we didn't see any purchases. 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 while it's helpful to know what insiders are doing in terms of buying or selling, it's also helpful to know the risks that a particular company is facing. You'd be interested to know, that we found 3 warning signs for Pilgrim's Pride and we suggest you have a look.

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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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