Investors may wish to note that the Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary of ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., Rebecca Chavez, recently netted US$70k from selling stock, receiving an average price of US$1.14. It might not be a huge sale, but it did reduce their holding size 15%, hardly encouraging.

ChargePoint Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider sale was by the Chief Accounting Officer, Henrik Gerdes, for US$80k worth of shares, at about US$1.51 per share. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold at a lower price. The silver lining is that this sell-down took place above the latest price (US$1.16). So it may not tell us anything about how insiders feel about the current share price.

ChargePoint Holdings insiders didn't buy any shares over the last year. 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 Of ChargePoint Holdings

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by 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 ChargePoint Holdings insiders own 1.7% of the company, worth about US$8.6m. We do generally prefer see higher levels of insider ownership.

So What Does This Data Suggest About ChargePoint Holdings Insiders?

Insiders haven't bought ChargePoint Holdings stock in the last three months, but there was some selling. And there weren't any purchases to give us comfort, over the last year. Insiders own relatively few shares in the company, and when you consider the sales, we're not particularly excited about the stock. So we're not rushing to buy, to say the least. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing ChargePoint Holdings. Every company has risks, and we've spotted 3 warning signs for ChargePoint Holdings you should know about.

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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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