Chief Financial Officer Of Silvaco Group Sold 27% Of Their Shares

Anyone interested in Silvaco Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SVCO) should probably be aware that the Chief Financial Officer, Christopher Zegarelli, recently divested US$280k worth of shares in the company, at an average price of US$7.05 each. The eyebrow raising move amounted to a reduction of 27% in their holding.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Silvaco Group

In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the Chairman of the Board, Katherine Ngai-Pesic, sold US$2.3m worth of shares at a price of US$11.27 per share. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. It's of some comfort that this sale was conducted at a price well above the current share price, which is US$7.45. So it may not tell us anything about how insiders feel about the current share price.

In the last twelve months insiders purchased 106.62k shares for US$447k. But they sold 1.92m shares for US$6.1m. Over the last year we saw more insider selling of Silvaco Group shares, than buying. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart 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

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. It's great to see that Silvaco Group insiders own 47% of the company, worth about US$122m. This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.

So What Do The Silvaco Group Insider Transactions Indicate?

Insiders sold stock recently, but they haven't been buying. And our longer term analysis of insider transactions didn't bring confidence, either. The company boasts high insider ownership, but we're a little hesitant, given the history of share sales. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. For instance, we've identified 3 warning signs for Silvaco Group (1 shouldn't be ignored) you should be aware of.

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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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