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Nosbusch Keith D: insider trades

Chief executive, Director at Rockwell Automation. No open-market purchases and 37 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from November 24, 2010 to January 30, 2018.

What happened after Nosbusch Keith D’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved −0.4% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 54% 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

Nosbusch Keith D: 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 37 +0.9% +1.4% 38% 7 0.41 0.69 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 37 −0.4% −0.2% 54% 7 0.00 1.00 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 37 0.0% −0.3% 60% 7 0.25 0.81 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
Rockwell Automation ROK Chairman, President and CEO037November 24, 2010January 30, 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
January 30, 2018January 26, 2018 ROK Sale $2,131,500 −8.5%−10.2%−6.4%
August 2, 2017July 31, 2017 ROK Sale $3,310,000 +13.7%−6.5%−0.3%
May 31, 2017May 26, 2017 ROK Sale $1,595,000 −0.2%−1.6%−0.6%
May 23, 2017May 22, 2017 ROK Sale $3,180,000 −0.4%−0.2%+0.5%
May 17, 2017May 15, 2017 ROK Sale $1,580,000 +1.9%+3.7%−0.1%
May 10, 2017May 9, 2017 ROK Sale $3,150,000 +1.6%−0.6%+0.2%
May 8, 2017May 5, 2017 ROK Sale $1,560,000 +2.1%+0.2%−0.1%
February 28, 2017February 28, 2017 ROK Sale $5,118,900 +1.4%+1.6%+4.8%
February 24, 2017February 22, 2017 ROK Sale $7,627,500 +3.4%+6.3%+6.8%
February 21, 2017February 17, 2017 ROK Sale $3,031,800 +2.2%+6.8%+6.1%
February 16, 2017February 14, 2017 ROK Sale $4,349,990 +2.3%+6.1%+7.7%
February 13, 2017February 10, 2017 ROK Sale $11,415,226 +1.3%+7.7%+8.5%
February 9, 2017February 7, 2017 ROK Sale $4,611,008 +0.1%+8.5%+9.6%
February 6, 2017February 3, 2017 ROK Sale $1,500,000 +0.7%+9.6%+8.3%
January 31, 2017January 27, 2017 ROK Sale $3,042,800 −0.1%+11.3%+8.3%
December 1, 2016November 30, 2016 ROK Sale $2,668,205 +4.3%+19.4%+24.5%
November 16, 2016November 14, 2016 ROK Sale $6,627,300 +7.0%+30.0%+26.2%
May 27, 2015May 22, 2015 ROK Sale $12,600 −5.0%−3.8%−6.7%
May 22, 2015May 21, 2015 ROK Sale $1,260,000 −4.9%−6.4%−7.5%
May 19, 2015May 18, 2015 ROK Sale $2,504,200 −6.6%−7.4%−4.8%
May 15, 2015May 13, 2015 ROK Sale $6,197,901 −5.2%−4.8%−5.2%
May 12, 2015May 11, 2015 ROK Sale $3,640,500 −5.8%−5.2%−4.3%
May 4, 2015May 4, 2015 ROK Sale $1,510,688 −4.6%−5.5%−5.3%
February 27, 2015February 26, 2015 ROK Sale $141,600 +5.5%−2.3%−2.6%
November 26, 2013November 22, 2013 ROK Sale $407,542 +4.2%−13.6%−14.6%
November 21, 2013November 19, 2013 ROK Sale $156,800 +4.5%−14.6%−15.6%
November 19, 2013November 15, 2013 ROK Sale $13,915,450 +5.0%−15.9%−15.2%
November 12, 2013November 11, 2013 ROK Sale $10,881,891 +0.2%−19.1%−15.2%
August 27, 2013August 26, 2013 ROK Sale $1,305,831 +7.2%−2.1%−3.2%
August 9, 2013August 8, 2013 ROK Sale $20,100 +7.6%+0.2%0.0%
August 7, 2013August 6, 2013 ROK Sale $393,375 +4.7%0.0%−0.6%
August 6, 2013August 2, 2013 ROK Sale $14,306,741 +6.1%+0.8%−0.6%
February 8, 2013February 6, 2013 ROK Sale $14,508,121 −9.6%+5.2%+4.4%
February 6, 2013February 4, 2013 ROK Sale $12,481,097 −10.1%+5.4%+6.6%
February 15, 2011February 14, 2011 ROK Sale $12,043,129 −8.5%−12.4%−12.0%
February 8, 2011February 4, 2011 ROK Sale $12,063,360 −3.8%−6.8%−4.1%
November 24, 2010November 24, 2010 ROK Sale $11,158,668 +18.6%+2.0%+3.1%

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 Nosbusch Keith D traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.