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Hunt David K: insider trades

Director at Fidelity National Information Services. No open-market purchases and 12 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from May 4, 2012 to December 11, 2019.

What happened after Hunt David K’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +10.2% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 25% 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

Hunt David K: 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 12 −1.7% +1.9% 42% 7 0.03 0.98 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 12 +10.2% +11.3% 25% 7 3.24 0.018 Some evidence: seller wrong
Sales, 12 months after the trade 12 +9.7% +11.5% 25% 7 2.86 0.029 Some evidence: seller wrong

“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
Fidelity National Information Services FIS —012May 4, 2012December 11, 2019

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
December 11, 2019December 10, 2019 FIS Sale $689,728 +3.4%−8.6%−9.1%
March 25, 2019March 22, 2019 FIS Sale $1,406,538 +6.7%+21.1%+12.3%
August 17, 2018August 16, 2018 FIS Sale $1,906,597 +4.4%+25.7%+27.3%
December 18, 2017December 15, 2017 FIS Sale $1,607,010 +3.9%+11.9%+11.5%
June 7, 2016June 6, 2016 FIS Sale $763,015 +2.9%−2.4%−1.3%
May 24, 2016May 23, 2016 FIS Sale $1,069,095 +3.7%−0.4%−2.4%
August 18, 2015August 17, 2015 FIS Sale $1,118,690 −7.5%+4.7%+6.4%
August 22, 2014August 21, 2014 FIS Sale $1,145,600 +0.9%+20.2%+21.8%
June 21, 2012June 20, 2012 FIS Sale $675,600 −11.2%+9.3%+9.9%
June 18, 2012June 15, 2012 FIS Sale $369,326 −10.4%+10.6%+11.7%
May 22, 2012May 21, 2012 FIS Sale $318,329 −10.7%+14.3%+17.0%
May 4, 2012May 3, 2012 FIS Sale $64,668 −6.4%+15.9%+11.6%

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 Hunt David K traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.