Bullish FTAI Aviation Insiders Loaded Up On US$5.12m Of Stock

In the last year, multiple insiders have substantially increased their holdings of FTAI Aviation Ltd. (NASDAQ:FTAI) stock, indicating that insiders' optimism about the company's prospects has increased.

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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FTAI Aviation Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Chairman Joseph Adams for US$4.8m worth of shares, at about US$82.00 per share. We do like to see buying, but this purchase was made at well below the current price of US$107. Because the shares were purchased at a lower price, this particular buy doesn't tell us much about how insiders feel about the current share price.

Happily, we note that in the last year insiders paid US$5.1m for 61.20k shares. But insiders sold 20.00k shares worth US$3.5m. In the last twelve months there was more buying than selling by FTAI Aviation insiders. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. If you want to know exactly who sold, for how much, and when, simply click on the graph below!

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FTAI Aviation Insiders Bought Stock Recently

Over the last three months, we've seen significant insider buying at FTAI Aviation. Independent Director Martin Tuchman spent US$283k on stock, and there wasn't any selling. This is a positive in our book as it implies some confidence.

Insider Ownership Of FTAI Aviation

For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. We usually like to see fairly high levels of insider ownership. FTAI Aviation insiders own 1.4% of the company, currently worth about US$149m based on the recent share price. This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.

So What Does This Data Suggest About FTAI Aviation Insiders?

The recent insider purchase is heartening. And the longer term insider transactions also give us confidence. However, we note that the company didn't make a profit over the last twelve months, which makes us cautious. Once you factor in the high insider ownership, it certainly seems like insiders are positive about FTAI Aviation. One for the watchlist, at least! 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. You'd be interested to know, that we found 1 warning sign for FTAI Aviation and we suggest you have a look.

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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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