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President Joel Agree Just Bought A Handful Of Shares In Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE:ADC)

Potential Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE:ADC) shareholders may wish to note that the President, Joel Agree, recently bought US$248k worth of stock, paying US$67.56 for each share. However, it only increased shareholding by a small percentage, and it wasn't a huge purchase by absolute value, either.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Agree Realty

In the last twelve months, the biggest single purchase by an insider was when Independent Director John Rakolta bought US$1.2m worth of shares at a price of US$64.22 per share. That implies that an insider found the current price of US$67.29 per share to be enticing. Of course they may have changed their mind. But this suggests they are optimistic. While we always like to see insider buying, it's less meaningful if the purchases were made at much lower prices, as the opportunity they saw may have passed. Happily, the Agree Realty insiders decided to buy shares at close to current prices.

In the last twelve months Agree Realty insiders were buying shares, but not selling. 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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There are plenty of other companies that have insiders buying up shares. You probably do not want to miss this free list of growing companies that insiders are buying.

Insider Ownership

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. Agree Realty insiders own about US$95m worth of shares. That equates to 2.0% of the company. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Agree Realty Tell Us?

It's certainly positive to see the recent insider purchases. And the longer term insider transactions also give us confidence. Insiders likely see value in Agree Realty shares, given these transactions (along with notable insider ownership of the company). In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Agree Realty. Be aware that Agree Realty is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 1 of those shouldn't be ignored...

But note: Agree Realty may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with high ROE and low debt.

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, but not derivative transactions.

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