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Jones Robertson C: insider trades

Director at Insight Enterprises Inc. No open-market purchases and 13 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from May 10, 2010 to August 10, 2016.

What happened after Jones Robertson C’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved −3.6% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 69% 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

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 13 −5.1% −5.5% 77% 7 −2.21 0.069 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 13 −3.6% −5.7% 69% 7 −1.15 0.29 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 13 −2.9% −8.0% 77% 7 −0.87 0.42 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
Insight Enterprises Inc NSIT —013May 10, 2010August 10, 2016

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 10, 2016August 9, 2016 NSIT Sale $137,312 −4.5%+18.7%+23.5%
May 21, 2015May 20, 2015 NSIT Sale $117,669 −4.2%−10.7%−12.2%
May 22, 2014May 21, 2014 NSIT Sale $122,496 −9.5%−8.6%−9.2%
May 19, 2014May 19, 2014 NSIT Sale $15,382 −8.7%−9.3%−12.2%
February 27, 2014February 27, 2014 NSIT Sale $45,100 +14.4%+1.6%−1.7%
November 6, 2013November 5, 2013 NSIT Sale $84,080 −8.1%−11.2%−8.0%
February 26, 2013February 22, 2013 NSIT Sale $48,200 −9.4%−4.3%−8.1%
February 21, 2012February 16, 2012 NSIT Sale $109,450 −25.7%−24.4%−20.6%
August 24, 2011August 23, 2011 NSIT Sale $82,500 −23.0%−24.3%−18.0%
November 12, 2010November 10, 2010 NSIT Sale $67,000 +18.0%+11.0%+15.2%
November 8, 2010November 8, 2010 NSIT Sale $67,100 +1.6%+24.9%+25.8%
May 12, 2010May 11, 2010 NSIT Sale $77,150 −5.5%−4.9%−5.7%
May 10, 2010May 10, 2010 NSIT Sale $76,200 −1.9%−5.7%−6.5%

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 Jones Robertson C traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.