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Griffin Michael D: insider trades

Director at Rocket Lab Corp. No open-market purchases and 6 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from September 13, 2022 to August 26, 2024.

What happened after Griffin Michael D’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +147.5% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 75% trailed it.

With 296 insiders tested, some will look skilled or unskilled by chance alone: when we replaced each insider’s stocks with random companies bought on the same days, about 5.7 cleared the bar ahead and 23.3 behind. One record on its own proves little.

Trade by trade

Griffin Michael D: trades against the S&P 500 afterwards
MeasuredTrades countedAverage vs S&P 500MedianWent the right wayYearst-statisticp-valueEvidence
Purchases, 3 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Purchases, 6 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Purchases, 12 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Purchases, 12 months after the trade 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Sales, 3 months after the report 4 +59.1% −9.1% 50% 3 — — Not enough years
Sales, 12 months after the report 4 +147.5% −24.4% 75% 3 — — Not enough years
Sales, 12 months after the trade 4 +124.7% −22.5% 75% 3 — — Not enough years

“Average vs S&P 500” is the stock’s return including dividends minus the index’s over the same dates, from the close on the first trading day after the report, or from the close on the trade date. Only windows that have finished are counted. For sales, a negative figure means the stock lagged after it was sold, so selling was the right call (green). “Went the right way” is the share of purchases that beat the index, or of sales that trailed it. The t-statistic uses one average per year of reports, because one person’s trades bunch into the same stock and weeks, and needs trades in at least four different years; the p-value comes from the t distribution with that number of years (with four years, a t of 2 has p = 0.14). “Some evidence” means p under 5%, “strong evidence” p under 1% over at least six years.

Companies traded

CompanyTitle on the latest filingPurchasesSalesFirst reportLatest report
Rocket Lab Corp RKLB —06September 13, 2022August 26, 2024

Trades and what followed

Moves are against the S&P 500; green means the trade went the insider’s way.

ReportedTradedCompanyTradeValue3 months after report12 months after report12 months after trade
August 26, 2024August 22, 2024 RKLB Sale $272,177 +286.4%+677.8%+586.2%
August 31, 2023August 30, 2023 RKLB Sale $241,491 −31.8%−23.8%−28.5%
June 8, 2023June 6, 2023 RKLB Sale $253,445 +11.0%−39.2%−42.4%
May 19, 2023May 17, 2023 RKLB Sale $223,032 not yetnot yetnot yet
December 13, 2022December 12, 2022 RKLB Sale $208,835 not yetnot yetnot yet
September 13, 2022September 9, 2022 RKLB Sale $2,563,788 −29.3%−24.9%−16.6%

Open-market purchases and sales of at least $10,000 in companies we cover, from SEC Form 4 filings; sales made under a pre-set Rule 10b5-1 plan are not shown. “Not yet” means the window has not finished or the share price was under $5 at entry. These are the shares’ moves after each trade: they say nothing about why Griffin Michael D traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.