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Marzec Robert J: insider trades

Director at Apogee Enterprises, Inc. No open-market purchases and 11 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from December 24, 2013 to May 4, 2018.

What happened after Marzec Robert J’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved −5.7% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 64% 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

Marzec Robert J: 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 11 −0.2% +1.2% 46% 6 −0.11 0.92 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 11 −5.7% −5.6% 64% 6 −1.09 0.33 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 11 −7.4% −2.5% 73% 6 −1.44 0.21 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
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. APOG —011December 24, 2013May 4, 2018

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 4, 2018May 2, 2018 APOG Sale $63,885 +11.4%−15.1%−14.7%
May 2, 2018April 30, 2018 APOG Sale $262,704 +11.6%−15.1%−13.1%
January 5, 2017January 4, 2017 APOG Sale $339,486 +3.0%−37.6%−40.0%
July 27, 2016July 25, 2016 APOG Sale $23,320 −14.3%−5.6%−2.4%
July 20, 2016July 18, 2016 APOG Sale $144,120 −8.8%−3.8%−2.5%
April 18, 2016April 15, 2016 APOG Sale $193,995 +5.0%+5.7%+1.9%
July 27, 2015July 23, 2015 APOG Sale $204,938 −5.6%−15.4%−20.1%
January 29, 2015January 27, 2015 APOG Sale $223,198 +20.0%−7.5%−9.5%
October 17, 2014October 16, 2014 APOG Sale $12,075 +1.2%+19.5%+13.6%
January 13, 2014January 9, 2014 APOG Sale $221,462 −13.8%+9.1%+5.8%
December 24, 2013December 23, 2013 APOG Sale $134,126 −11.7%+3.3%−0.8%

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 Marzec Robert J traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.