Bullish insiders bet US$1.6m on i3 Verticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IIIV)

In the last year, multiple insiders have substantially increased their holdings of i3 Verticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IIIV) 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, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.

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i3 Verticals Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Chairman & CEO Gregory Daily for US$1.5m worth of shares, at about US$19.06 per share. Even though the purchase was made at a significantly lower price than the recent price (US$27.30), we still think insider buying is a positive. Because it occurred at a lower valuation, it doesn't tell us much about whether insiders might find today's price attractive.

i3 Verticals insiders may have bought shares in the last year, but they didn't sell any. 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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There are always plenty of stocks that insiders are buying. So if that suits your style you could check each stock one by one or you could take a look at this free list of companies. (Hint: insiders have been buying them).

Insider Ownership

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Insiders own 0.8% of i3 Verticals shares, worth about US$7.3m, according to our data. Overall, this level of ownership isn't that impressive, but it's certainly better than nothing!

So What Do The i3 Verticals Insider Transactions Indicate?

It doesn't really mean much that no insider has traded i3 Verticals shares in the last quarter. On a brighter note, the transactions over the last year are encouraging. We'd like to see bigger individual holdings. However, we don't see anything to make us think i3 Verticals insiders are doubting the company. Therefore, you should definitely take a look at this FREE report showing analyst forecasts for i3 Verticals.

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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, but not derivative transactions.

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