Despite the fact that Airship AI Holdings, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AISP) value has dropped 13% in the last week insiders who sold US$823k worth of stock in the past 12 months have had less success. Given that the average selling price of US$4.79 is still lower than the current share price, insiders would probably have been better off keeping their shares.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

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Airship AI Holdings Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

The Chief Technology Officer, Yanda Ma, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for US$387k worth of shares at a price of US$6.45 each. We generally don't like to see insider selling, but the lower the sale price, the more it concerns us. It's of some comfort that this sale was conducted at a price well above the current share price, which is US$3.43. So it is hard to draw any strong conclusion from it.

In the last year Airship AI Holdings insiders didn't buy any company stock. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!

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Insider Ownership Of Airship AI Holdings

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. It's great to see that Airship AI Holdings insiders own 43% of the company, worth about US$50m. Most shareholders would be happy to see this sort of insider ownership, since it suggests that management incentives are well aligned with other shareholders.

So What Does This Data Suggest About Airship AI Holdings Insiders?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded Airship AI Holdings shares in the last quarter. It's heartening that insiders own plenty of stock, but we'd like to see more insider buying, since the last year of Airship AI Holdings insider transactions don't fill us with confidence. So while it's helpful to know what insiders are doing in terms of buying or selling, it's also helpful to know the risks that a particular company is facing. For example - Airship AI Holdings has 3 warning signs we think you should be aware of.

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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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