On October 21, 2024, Rainer Bosselmann, Director of Argan Inc (AGX, Financial), executed a sale of 21,464 shares of the company. The transaction was documented in a recent SEC Filing. Following this sale, the insider now owns 219,879 shares of Argan Inc.
Argan Inc is engaged in the engineering, procurement, and construction of energy plants and other related projects. The company primarily operates through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Gemma Power Systems and Atlantic Projects Company, among others.
Over the past year, Rainer Bosselmann has sold a total of 250,501 shares and has not made any purchases of the company's stock. This recent transaction is part of a broader trend observed within the company, where there have been 19 insider sells and no insider buys over the past year.
Shares of Argan Inc were priced at $130.4 on the day of the transaction, positioning the company with a market cap of approximately $1.75 billion. The price-earnings ratio of Argan Inc stands at 40.66, which is significantly higher than both the industry median of 15.75 and the company's historical median.
The stock's valuation, according to the GF Value, is calculated at $66.26, suggesting that with a current price of $130.4, Argan Inc is significantly overvalued with a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 1.97. The GF Value is derived from historical trading multiples, a GuruFocus adjustment factor based on past performance, and future business performance estimates from analysts.
This insider sale could be of interest to investors tracking insider behaviors as an indicator of potential future stock performance, particularly in the context of the company's valuation and market performance metrics.
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