Top Buys by Directors: Geissler's $652.6K Bet on GT

The directors of a company tend to have a unique inside view into the business, so when directors make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason a director of a company would choose to take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock in the open market, is that they expect to make money - maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both. So in this series we look at the largest insider buys by company directors over the trailing six month period, one of which was a total of $652.6K by Werner Geissler, Director at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (Symbol: GT).

Purchased	Insider	Title	Shares	Price/Share	Value
02/13/2019	Werner Geissler	Director	35,000	$18.65	$652,627.50

Geissler's average cost works out to $18.65/share. In trading on Friday, bargain hunters could buy shares of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (Symbol: GT) and achieve a cost basis lower than Geissler, with shares changing hands as low as $18.48 per share. Shares of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. were changing hands at $18.79 at last check, trading up about 1.8% on Friday. The chart below shows the one year performance of GT shares, versus its 200 day moving average:

Looking at the chart above, GT's low point in its 52 week range is $17.8801 per share, with $30.005 as the 52 week high point - that compares with a last trade of $18.79.

The current annualized dividend paid by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is $0.64/share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and its most recent dividend ex-date was on 01/31/2019. Below is a long-term dividend history chart for GT, which can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend with approx. 3.5% annualized yield is likely to continue.