Steven Webster Is The Independent Director of Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE:OII) And They Just Picked Up 34% More Shares

Potential Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE:OII) shareholders may wish to note that the Independent Director, Steven Webster, recently bought US$218k worth of stock, paying US$8.72 for each share. That's a very decent purchase to our minds and it grew their holding by a solid 34%.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Oceaneering International

In fact, the recent purchase by Steven Webster was the biggest purchase of Oceaneering International shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. Although we like to see insider buying, we note that this large purchase was at significantly below the recent price of US$9.90. Because the shares were purchased at a lower price, this particular buy doesn't tell us much about how insiders feel about the current share price.

You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, 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. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Insiders own 1.7% of Oceaneering International shares, worth about US$17m. This level of insider ownership is good but just short of being particularly stand-out. It certainly does suggest a reasonable degree of alignment.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Oceaneering International Tell Us?

It's certainly positive to see the recent insider purchase. And the longer term insider transactions also give us confidence. But on the other hand, the company made a loss during the last year, which makes us a little cautious. Given that insiders also own a fair bit of Oceaneering International we think they are probably pretty confident of a bright future. While we like knowing what's going on with the insider's ownership and transactions, we make sure to also consider what risks are facing a stock before making any investment decision. While conducting our analysis, we found that Oceaneering International has 1 warning sign and it would be unwise to ignore this.

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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, but not derivative transactions.

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