Research this afternoon from Nasdaq reveals the history of insider trading by officers and officials at Cavco Industries (CVCO). There’s other data about them tonight too, some good, some more worrisome, and you can see the good, bad, or mixed. Laced with related information, these are the kind of insights you won’t find from any other manufactured housing related trade media – or sycophant bloggers – period. On a day when the markets and industry tracked equities largely rose, Cavco’s insider trading track record will be our focus tonight.
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The good news for those who have held onto their shares of Cavco Industries is that in recent months, the stock has been overall in an upward, recovering trend.
The flip side is that for both year-over-year and since the earthquake that followed their November 8, 2019 statement to the media, the stock is still down.
Both of those trends are shown in the closing ticker trend line for Cavco, above.
The news of their acquisition of Destiny has been a signal to some that the company is ‘back’ on track to their M&A and growth plan.
Cavco Industries-Destiny Homes Deal, Background, Details, Analysis Others Lack
That said, the arguably odd behavior of Cavco’s Manuel ‘Manny’ Santana with respect to DRC 1 in the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee conference call reported exclusively here on August 7, 2019 should speak volumes to those who grasp the significance of that move.
The pace of shareholder plaintiffs’ attorneys seems to have slowed, a snapshot of that is linked below.
Insider insights on the legal maneuvers at Cavco are found in the report below.
News Tip – Cavco Industries Legal Woes with SEC, Insider Insights
Below are two examples of investors who cut or sold off their shares in Cavco. The first is long-time Cavco investor that cut their position by some 50 percent.
New Investigation, Insider Trades, Hedge Fund Dumps Cavco Industries (CVCO)
Perhaps the more interesting, from the point of view of SEC or shareholders attorneys, is the one below. Note the date that fund moved occurred?
With that backdrop, ponder the history of the insider trades at Cavco, per Nasdaq’s data on this date.
Last, but not least for today, is the related report, linked below.
Let’s close by saying that as a pro-industry trade media, we nevertheless caution investors to be wary of stock or ‘passive’ investments in several manufactured housing operations. Do your homework.
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