We wouldn't blame Camping World Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CWH) shareholders if they were a little worried about the fact that Marcus Lemonis, the Chairman & CEO recently netted about US$5.6m selling shares at an average price of US$22.43. That diminished their holding by a very significant 62%, which arguably implies a strong desire to reallocate capital.

The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Camping World Holdings

In fact, the recent sale by Marcus Lemonis was the biggest sale of Camping World Holdings shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. That means that an insider was selling shares at slightly below the current price (US$23.31). We generally consider it a negative if insiders have been selling, especially if they did so below the current price, because it implies that they considered a lower price to be reasonable. However, while insider selling is sometimes discouraging, it's only a weak signal. It is worth noting that this sale was 62% of Marcus Lemonis's holding.

Marcus Lemonis divested 350.00k shares over the last 12 months at an average price of US$23.34. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!

I will like Camping World Holdings better if I see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of undervalued and small cap stocks with considerable, recent, insider buying.

Insider Ownership

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. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. From our data, it seems that Camping World Holdings insiders own 0.9% of the company, worth about US$9.7m. Whilst better than nothing, we're not overly impressed by these holdings.

So What Does This Data Suggest About Camping World Holdings Insiders?

An insider sold stock recently, but they haven't been buying. And there weren't any purchases to give us comfort, over the last year. 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 these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. While conducting our analysis, we found that Camping World Holdings has 2 warning signs and it would be unwise to ignore them.

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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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