Sentences with phrase «insider ownership»

This level of insider ownership / control usually has most investors running scared — I'll return to this point.

High insider ownership with no share issuance for at least last 10 years.

He also seeks profitable companies with 10 % - plus free - cash - flow yields, high barriers to entry and low insider ownership.

I also like looking for strong insider ownership or insider purchases... like PM.

We were discussing companies that might be good for a takeover and he pointed out that one I mentioned was actually a bad target because there was too much insider ownership.

Both stocks also have high insider ownership and no long - term debt.

High insider ownership with very minimal share issuance.

We frequently find large blocks of these stocks held by small cap investment funds focused on likely take - over targets, leading to a surprisingly high percentage of total insider ownership (management plus holders of more than 5 %).

This amount of insider ownership keeps larger investors away and helps to protect Continental from institutional shenanigans.

and I'll be taking a closer look at insider ownership and transactions in the next post as well.

For use in Stock Investor Pro we looked for stocks with higher insider ownership percentage than the median database ownership.

Moreover, as I explain below, its 27 % insider ownership makes the likelihood of it declaring a special dividend even higher, as does billionaire David Einhorn's substantially increased holding of the stock, which now makes up nearly 5 % of his Greenlight Capital hedge fund.

We pair this evaluation with information about any significant or increasing stock ownership among a company's officers and directors because meaningful insider ownership can signal management's personal confidence in the business.

Likewise, we think insider ownership in the Heartland Funds demonstrates conviction in our investment process and philosophy, with portfolio managers representing some of our most heavily - invested team members.

We believe this high level of insider ownership aligns our team members» interests with those of our clients.

The Statement of Additional Information (pdf) provides additional details about insider ownership among the Heartland Funds Portfolio Managers and Board of Directors.

Also, insiders own less than 2 % of outstanding shares, so the motivation for major shareholders to pay a special dividend isn't as strong as it is for a company with very high insider ownership.

We have 10 of them, but one that really sticks out to us is looking at capable management and insider ownership: Because we take the view if the chairman of the board, or other directors, or other officers of the company are taking their own capital and buying stock in their company, their interests are aligned with us.

Linamar — Auto parts supplier with family names in the name of the company with high insider ownership.

High insider ownership.

On a scale from 1 to 10 I give the stock a 8.5: the company has a strong balance sheet, is profitable, has a lot of insider ownership and a high dividend yield.

So, it's not the actual % insider ownership that counts.

... We also have the elephant in the room — insider ownership!

Even though the new CEO put up over $ 2.5 million of his own money to purchase shares (and thus filled in what I considered a weak point of my investment thesis — low or no insider ownership) I think this work - out is going to take much longer than I originally anticipated.

It has all the makings of a buy and hold investment; high insider ownership (but not to high), no debt, an ingenious low overhead business plan and it's the low - cost producer.

I was just using a bit of mental shorthand to imply that when management has a large ownership interest in the company (here I stretched the definition of to become high % of insider ownership) they usually have a large amount of their wealth tied to the outcome at that company.

-- Insider Ownership: Perhaps this might be the primary reason for the discount... At year - end, directors owned 66 % of net outstanding shares.

The Schloss technique appears to be effective in finding smaller stocks with very low price - to - book - value ratios, prices near a 52 - week low and a much higher level of insider ownership than the average exchange - listed stocks.

With its modest dividend payout ratio and 60 % insider ownership, it's a great candidate for doing so.

If they meet the above two criteria, then I continue to check the companies fundamentals (P / E ratio or AFFO / Price, book value, cash - flow, ROE, ROIC, insiders ownership, major shareholders, etc etc etc)

Insider ownership is an important part of our 10 Principles of Value Investing ™.