Looking at Soho House & Co Inc.'s (NYSE:SHCO ) insider transactions over the last year, we can see that insiders were net sellers. That is, there were more number of shares sold by insiders than there were purchased.

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

Soho House & Co Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

The CEO & Director, Andrew Carnie, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for US$324k worth of shares at a price of US$6.05 each. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. The silver lining is that this sell-down took place above the latest price (US$5.42). So it may not tell us anything about how insiders feel about the current share price. Andrew Carnie was the only individual insider to sell shares in the last twelve months.

Andrew Carnie divested 155.53k shares over the last 12 months at an average price of US$5.72. 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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Does Soho House & Co Boast High Insider Ownership?

Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. It's great to see that Soho House & Co insiders own 34% of the company, worth about US$348m. This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Soho House & Co Tell Us?

The fact that there have been no Soho House & Co 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 Soho House & Co insiders selling. 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. Case in point: We've spotted 2 warning signs for Soho House & Co you should be aware of, and 1 of these is significant.

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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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