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Cohen Eric I: insider trades

Officer, Other at Terex Corp. No open-market purchases and 15 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from November 28, 2012 to May 1, 2020.

What happened after Cohen Eric I’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +16.8% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 47% 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

Cohen Eric I: 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 15 +1.3% +3.3% 40% 7 0.11 0.92 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 15 +16.8% +0.7% 47% 7 0.83 0.44 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 15 +12.4% +0.7% 47% 7 0.69 0.51 No reliable evidence

“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
Terex Corp TEX Senior V.P., Secy. Gen Counsel015November 28, 2012May 1, 2020

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
May 1, 2020April 29, 2020 TEX Sale $317,968 +22.6%+223.7%+157.3%
December 16, 2019December 12, 2019 TEX Sale $300,100 −27.2%+0.7%−0.3%
September 17, 2018September 14, 2018 TEX Sale $390,100 −18.9%−36.3%−32.8%
June 26, 2018June 22, 2018 TEX Sale $505,081 −8.3%−33.5%−32.0%
October 2, 2017September 29, 2017 TEX Sale $450,000 +0.1%−26.7%−28.6%
September 11, 2017September 8, 2017 TEX Sale $351,234 +5.4%−25.0%−22.7%
August 15, 2017August 14, 2017 TEX Sale $133,058 +6.0%−18.8%−19.4%
June 12, 2017June 9, 2017 TEX Sale $364,229 +9.7%−2.6%+0.7%
November 28, 2016November 23, 2016 TEX Sale $89,910 −1.5%+37.2%+28.1%
November 23, 2016November 22, 2016 TEX Sale $43,326 −6.3%+28.0%+35.6%
November 16, 2016November 14, 2016 TEX Sale $40,984 +3.2%+37.3%+32.0%
November 14, 2016November 9, 2016 TEX Sale $257,777 +4.2%+30.9%+43.0%
August 10, 2016August 9, 2016 TEX Sale $200,604 +15.0%+48.0%+46.4%
November 26, 2014November 25, 2014 TEX Sale $134,869 −8.4%−30.7%−38.2%
November 28, 2012November 26, 2012 TEX Sale $227,565 +23.8%+20.2%+17.0%

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 Cohen Eric I traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.