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Davis Nancy B: insider trades

Officer at Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. No open-market purchases and 20 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from June 1, 2011 to September 7, 2016.

What happened after Davis Nancy B’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +3.8% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 55% 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

Davis Nancy B: 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 20 +1.1% +1.6% 35% 5 0.74 0.50 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 20 +3.8% −2.6% 55% 5 0.00 1.00 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 20 +3.4% −1.8% 50% 5 0.22 0.84 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
Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. SYBT Executive V.P., Treasurer020June 1, 2011September 7, 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
September 7, 2016September 2, 2016 SYBT Sale $170,968 +32.2%−11.7%−7.6%
June 26, 2015June 24, 2015 SYBT Sale $72,823 +5.2%+12.5%+15.4%
June 24, 2015June 22, 2015 SYBT Sale $294,936 +4.2%+16.2%+14.5%
May 8, 2015May 7, 2015 SYBT Sale $70,360 +5.9%+17.6%+16.6%
April 28, 2015April 27, 2015 SYBT Sale $71,440 +3.5%+15.8%+13.3%
December 23, 2014December 19, 2014 SYBT Sale $49,455 +3.6%+16.7%+16.6%
November 19, 2014November 17, 2014 SYBT Sale $48,150 +0.7%+27.1%+24.2%
August 20, 2014August 19, 2014 SYBT Sale $57,116 +2.2%+21.2%+18.5%
July 29, 2014July 25, 2014 SYBT Sale $44,295 +11.3%+19.5%+19.7%
March 25, 2014March 24, 2014 SYBT Sale $47,670 −11.8%−2.0%−4.3%
March 17, 2014March 14, 2014 SYBT Sale $45,885 −11.2%−3.1%+0.7%
March 13, 2014March 11, 2014 SYBT Sale $15,250 −11.1%+0.7%+1.0%
January 2, 2014December 30, 2013 SYBT Sale $15,925 0.0%−3.3%−5.2%
December 31, 2013December 27, 2013 SYBT Sale $16,100 +1.0%−3.8%−7.5%
December 30, 2013December 26, 2013 SYBT Sale $16,205 −1.7%−5.9%−9.2%
November 26, 2013November 25, 2013 SYBT Sale $35,117 −11.6%−18.6%−11.8%
October 25, 2013October 25, 2013 SYBT Sale $45,315 −5.0%−4.7%−8.6%
September 20, 2013September 20, 2013 SYBT Sale $27,570 +9.3%−7.8%−6.6%
August 5, 2013August 1, 2013 SYBT Sale $27,700 +4.5%−7.1%−7.5%
June 1, 2011May 31, 2011 SYBT Sale $139,650 −8.2%−3.2%−5.0%

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 Davis Nancy B traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.