Have Kforce Insiders Been Selling Stock?

Anyone interested in Kforce Inc. (NYSE:KFRC) should probably be aware that the Chairman of the Board, David Dunkel, recently divested US$293k worth of shares in the company, at an average price of US$58.68 each. On the bright side, that sale was only 1.0% of their holding, so we doubt it's very meaningful, on its own.

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Kforce Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In fact, the recent sale by David Dunkel was the biggest sale of Kforce shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. So we know that an insider sold shares at around the present share price of US$55.71. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. Given that the sale took place at around current prices, it makes us a little cautious but is hardly a major concern.

In the last year Kforce insiders didn't buy any company stock. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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Insider Ownership Of Kforce

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. Kforce insiders own about US$79m worth of shares. That equates to 8.1% 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.

So What Do The Kforce Insider Transactions Indicate?

An insider sold Kforce shares recently, but they didn't buy any. And there weren't any purchases to give us comfort, over the last year. But it is good to see that Kforce is growing earnings. While insiders do own shares, they don't own a heap, and they have been selling. 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 Kforce. To assist with this, we've discovered 3 warning signs that you should run your eye over to get a better picture of Kforce.

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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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