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Tucker Arthur V Jr: insider trades

Officer at Chemed Corp. No open-market purchases and 21 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from February 22, 2010 to March 3, 2017.

What happened after Tucker Arthur V Jr’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +8.5% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 38% 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

Tucker Arthur V Jr: 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 21 +0.9% +1.1% 33% 8 0.07 0.95 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 21 +8.5% +13.0% 38% 8 1.03 0.34 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 21 +8.7% +12.0% 33% 8 1.12 0.30 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
Chemed Corp CHE vice president & controller021February 22, 2010March 3, 2017

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
March 3, 2017March 2, 2017 CHE Sale $410,146 +10.4%+34.3%+31.5%
February 28, 2017February 24, 2017 CHE Sale $1,591,019 +12.0%+30.0%+27.1%
August 9, 2016August 5, 2016 CHE Sale $649,260 −1.9%+22.4%+21.5%
August 8, 2016August 4, 2016 CHE Sale $444,445 −2.4%+20.9%+22.0%
August 6, 2015August 5, 2015 CHE Sale $373,574 +2.7%−12.0%−9.5%
May 18, 2015May 15, 2015 CHE Sale $1,089,000 +20.7%+6.2%+6.3%
March 2, 2015February 27, 2015 CHE Sale $817,600 +4.7%+13.9%+17.3%
February 24, 2015February 24, 2015 CHE Sale $307,030 +6.5%+20.4%+19.3%
July 28, 2014July 25, 2014 CHE Sale $911,340 +0.9%+34.4%+36.9%
March 20, 2014March 19, 2014 CHE Sale $707,440 −0.4%+28.0%+23.3%
March 3, 2014February 28, 2014 CHE Sale $765,090 +0.5%+25.1%+24.5%
February 25, 2014February 25, 2014 CHE Sale $709,032 +1.1%+22.2%+21.8%
March 1, 2013March 1, 2013 CHE Sale $558,263 −15.8%−13.8%−13.9%
February 22, 2013February 21, 2013 CHE Sale $1,095,780 −22.0%−15.8%−17.8%
September 5, 2012September 4, 2012 CHE Sale $568,974 +0.4%−22.6%−17.4%
August 31, 2012August 31, 2012 CHE Sale $96,026 +1.7%−17.4%−13.8%
February 27, 2012February 27, 2012 CHE Sale $259,875 −6.8%+13.0%+12.0%
March 2, 2011March 2, 2011 CHE Sale $424,734 +2.4%−11.2%−9.6%
November 10, 2010November 10, 2010 CHE Sale $266,744 −9.0%−11.7%−10.2%
April 26, 2010April 23, 2010 CHE Sale $293,862 +6.3%+12.3%+11.8%
February 22, 2010February 22, 2010 CHE Sale $317,520 +7.4%−0.5%+0.5%

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 Tucker Arthur V Jr traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.