Insider Buyers Lose Additional UK£50k As Software Circle Dips To UK£78m

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Sun, February 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM GMT+9 3 min read

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The recent price decline of 10% in Software Circle plc’s (LON:SFT) stock may have disappointed insiders who bought UK£151.6k worth of shares at an average price of UK£0.30 in the past 12 months. Insiders purchase with the hope of seeing their investments increase in value over time. However, due to recent losses, their initial investment is now only worth UK£102.1k, which is not great.

While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, we do think it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Software Circle

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Chairman of the Board Matthias Riechert for UK£142k worth of shares, at about UK£0.30 per share. That means that an insider was happy to buy shares at above the current price of UK£0.20. Their view may have changed since then, but at least it shows they felt optimistic at the time. To us, it’s very important to consider the price insiders pay for shares. It is generally more encouraging if they paid above the current price, as it suggests they saw value, even at higher levels.

While Software Circle insiders bought shares during the last year, they didn’t sell. 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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Software Circle Insiders Bought Stock Recently

We saw some Software Circle insider buying shares in the last three months. CFO & Director Iain Brown purchased UK£10k worth of shares in that period. It’s great to see that insiders are only buying, not selling. But the amount invested in the last three months isn’t enough for us too put much weight on it, as a single factor.

Insider Ownership

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. I reckon it’s a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. From our data, it seems that Software Circle insiders own 7.2% of the company, worth about UK£5.6m. But they may have an indirect interest through a corporate structure that we haven’t picked up on. We do generally prefer see higher levels of insider ownership.

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What Might The Insider Transactions At Software Circle Tell Us?

We note a that there has been a bit of insider buying recently (but no selling). Overall the buying isn’t worth writing home about. But insiders have shown more of an appetite for the stock, over the last year. The transactions are fine but it’d be more encouraging if Software Circle insiders bought more shares in the company. I like to dive deeper into how a company has performed in the past. You can access this interactive graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow for free.

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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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