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Darrow Kurt L: insider trades

Chief executive, Director at La-z-boy Inc. No open-market purchases and 13 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from March 20, 2012 to June 21, 2021.

What happened after Darrow Kurt L’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved −9.1% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 69% 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

Darrow Kurt L: 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 13 −5.3% −8.7% 77% 8 −1.57 0.16 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 13 −9.1% −8.3% 69% 8 −2.55 0.038 Some evidence: seller right
Sales, 12 months after the trade 13 −7.7% −8.7% 62% 8 −2.18 0.066 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
La-z-boy Inc LZB Chairman, President & CEO013March 20, 2012June 21, 2021

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
June 21, 2021June 17, 2021 LZB Sale $99,163 −14.9%−23.1%−25.4%
November 23, 2020November 19, 2020 LZB Sale $5,921,500 +5.2%−37.6%−40.9%
March 4, 2019February 28, 2019 LZB Sale $6,975,097 −0.6%−25.5%−23.7%
August 31, 2018August 29, 2018 LZB Sale $2,600,050 −6.9%−8.3%−4.6%
August 27, 2018August 23, 2018 LZB Sale $1,584,655 −8.7%−6.5%−8.7%
June 26, 2017June 22, 2017 LZB Sale $3,152,000 −21.1%−17.0%−19.4%
July 5, 2016June 30, 2016 LZB Sale $3,076,973 −14.0%−0.7%+0.9%
September 18, 2013September 16, 2013 LZB Sale $970,198 +22.3%−30.9%−25.4%
September 16, 2013September 12, 2013 LZB Sale $1,347,242 +24.0%−26.2%−23.4%
March 18, 2013March 14, 2013 LZB Sale $1,304,823 −1.0%+23.1%+26.0%
March 28, 2012March 26, 2012 LZB Sale $454,197 −16.9%+3.0%+12.5%
March 22, 2012March 20, 2012 LZB Sale $406,593 −17.5%+16.1%+16.5%
March 20, 2012March 16, 2012 LZB Sale $1,487,694 −19.4%+15.6%+16.2%

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 Darrow Kurt L traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.