Trade Alert: Chief Accounting Officer & MD of Finance in Chicago Of GCM Grosvenor Kathleen Sullivan Has Sold Stock

Some GCM Grosvenor Inc. (NASDAQ:GCMG) shareholders may be a little concerned to see that the Chief Accounting Officer & MD of Finance in Chicago, Kathleen Sullivan, recently sold a substantial US$526k worth of stock at a price of US$13.16 per share. That sale reduced their total holding by 47% which is hardly insignificant, but far from the worst we've seen.

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GCM Grosvenor Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Notably, that recent sale by Kathleen Sullivan is the biggest insider sale of GCM Grosvenor shares that we've seen in the last year. That means that even when the share price was slightly below the current price of US$13.27, an insider wanted to cash in some shares. 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. 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 47% of Kathleen Sullivan's holding.

Insiders in GCM Grosvenor didn't buy any shares in the last year. 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!

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Insider Ownership Of GCM Grosvenor

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. GCM Grosvenor insiders own about US$24m worth of shares. That equates to 0.9% of the company. This level of insider ownership is good but just short of being particularly stand-out. It certainly does suggest a reasonable degree of alignment.

What Might The Insider Transactions At GCM Grosvenor Tell Us?

An insider hasn't bought GCM Grosvenor stock in the last three months, but there was some selling. Looking to the last twelve months, our data doesn't show any insider buying. But since GCM Grosvenor is profitable and growing, we're not too worried by this. Insiders own shares, but we're still pretty cautious, given the history of sales. So we'd only buy after careful consideration. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing GCM Grosvenor. While conducting our analysis, we found that GCM Grosvenor has 2 warning signs and it would be unwise to ignore these.

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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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