Some Sprinklr, Inc. (NYSE:CXM) shareholders may be a little concerned to see that the President, Rory Read, recently sold a substantial US$810k worth of stock at a price of US$5.55 per share. That's a big disposal, and it decreased their holding size by 17%, which is notable but not too bad.
Notably, that recent sale by President Rory Read was not the only time they sold Sprinklr shares this year. They previously made an even bigger sale of -US$1.9m worth of shares at a price of US$7.48 per share. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. The good news is that this large sale was at well above current price of US$5.33. So it may not tell us anything about how insiders feel about the current share price.
Sprinklr insiders didn't buy any shares over the last year. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!
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Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. Sprinklr insiders own about US$286m worth of shares (which is 22% of the company). Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.
Insiders haven't bought Sprinklr 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. It is good to see high insider ownership, but the insider selling leaves us cautious. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Sprinklr. To assist with this, we've discovered 2 warning signs that you should run your eye over to get a better picture of Sprinklr.
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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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