Looking at Inspirato Incorporated's (NASDAQ:ISPO ) insider transactions over the last year, we can see that insiders were net buyers. That is, there were more number of shares purchased by insiders than there were sold.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.

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Inspirato Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

The insider Payam Zamani made the biggest insider purchase in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for US$244k worth of shares at a price of US$3.50 each. So it's clear an insider wanted to buy, at around the current price, which is US$3.57. While their view may have changed since the purchase was made, this does at least suggest they have had confidence in the company's future. While we always like to see insider buying, it's less meaningful if the purchases were made at much lower prices, as the opportunity they saw may have passed. Happily, the Inspirato insider decided to buy shares at close to current prices. The only individual insider to buy over the last year was Payam Zamani.

Payam Zamani bought 100.00k shares over the last 12 months at an average price of US$3.50. 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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Are Inspirato Insiders Buying Or Selling?

There was some insider buying at Inspirato over the last quarter. insider Payam Zamani bought US$350k worth of shares in that time. On the other hand, they sold US$342k worth of shares. It is nice to see that insiders have bought, but the quantum isn't large enough to get us excited.

Insider Ownership

I like to look at how many shares insiders own in a company, to help inform my view of how aligned they are with insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. Our data indicates that Inspirato insiders own about US$3.8m worth of shares (which is 9.7% of the company). Overall, this level of ownership isn't that impressive, but it's certainly better than nothing!

So What Does This Data Suggest About Inspirato Insiders?

Insider purchases may have been minimal, in the last three months, but there was no selling at all. Overall the buying isn't worth writing home about. But insiders have shown more of an appetite for the stock, over the last year. We'd like to see bigger individual holdings. However, we don't see anything to make us think Inspirato insiders are doubting the company. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. To help with this, we've discovered 4 warning signs (3 shouldn't be ignored!) that you ought to be aware of before buying any shares in Inspirato.

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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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