Multiple insiders secured a larger position in G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) shares over the last 12 months. This is reassuring as this suggests that insiders have increased optimism about the company's prospects.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At G. Willi-Food International

The Chairman of the Board Zwi Williger made the biggest insider purchase in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for US$2.0m worth of shares at a price of US$10.76 each. Although we like to see insider buying, we note that this large purchase was at significantly below the recent price of US$17.24. Because it occurred at a lower valuation, it doesn't tell us much about whether insiders might find today's price attractive.

Happily, we note that in the last year insiders paid US$5.2m for 478.81k shares. But insiders sold 60.00k shares worth US$656k. In the last twelve months there was more buying than selling by G. Willi-Food International insiders. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!

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Insider Ownership

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. G. Willi-Food International insiders own about US$27m worth of shares. That equates to 11% 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 G. Willi-Food International Insider Transactions Indicate?

The fact that there have been no G. Willi-Food International insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. However, our analysis of transactions over the last year is heartening. Insiders do have a stake in G. Willi-Food International and their transactions don't cause us concern. In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing G. Willi-Food International. When we did our research, we found 2 warning signs for G. Willi-Food International (1 is potentially serious!) that we believe deserve your full attention.

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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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