How Many Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) Shares Have Insiders Sold, In The Last Year?

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What Is Insider Buying?

It’s quite normal to see company insiders, such as board members, trading in company stock, from time to time. However, most countries require that the company discloses such transactions to the market.

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Twilio Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider sale was by the Non-Employee Director, Byron Deeter, for US$8.0m worth of shares, at about US$107 per share. That means that even when the share price was below the current price of US$112, an insider wanted to cash in some shares. As a general rule we consider it to be discouraging when insiders are selling below the current price, because it suggests they were happy with a lower valuation. Please do note, however, that sellers may have a variety of reasons for selling, so we don’t know for sure what they think of the stock price. This single sale was just 18.7% of Byron Deeter’s stake.

Over the last year we saw more insider selling of Twilio shares, than buying. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by individuals) over the last 12 months, below. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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Insiders at Twilio Have Sold Stock Recently

There was substantially more insider selling, than buying, of Twilio shares over the last three months. We note insiders cashed in US$1.2m worth of shares. On the other hand we note Director Jeffrey Immelt bought US$1.0m worth of shares, as previously mentioned. Since the selling really does outweigh the buying, we’d say that these transactions may suggest that some insiders feel the company has been fully valued in recent months.

Insider Ownership

Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. I reckon it’s a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Twilio insiders own about US$1.3b worth of shares (which is 8.4% of the company). This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Twilio Tell Us?

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