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Silberstein Jason V: insider trades

Officer at SBA Communications. No open-market purchases and 16 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from December 2, 2011 to December 15, 2023.

What happened after Silberstein Jason V’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +0.2% 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

Silberstein Jason V: 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 16 −0.6% −2.7% 50% 12 −0.76 0.46 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 16 +0.2% +1.4% 38% 12 −0.07 0.95 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 16 +0.3% +2.2% 44% 12 −0.07 0.95 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
SBA Communications SBAC EVP - Site Leasing016December 2, 2011December 15, 2023

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
December 15, 2023December 14, 2023 SBAC Sale $4,205,914 −22.7%−42.3%−44.1%
August 11, 2022August 10, 2022 SBAC Sale $5,768,744 −7.8%−38.9%−41.4%
March 6, 2020March 4, 2020 SBAC Sale $16,901,836 −7.1%−49.5%−44.4%
March 19, 2019March 15, 2019 SBAC Sale $9,796,657 +17.1%+41.2%+48.6%
May 21, 2018May 17, 2018 SBAC Sale $500,068 −5.9%+28.0%+22.6%
May 30, 2017May 25, 2017 SBAC Sale $6,670,138 +8.1%0.0%+1.8%
August 11, 2016August 9, 2016 SBAC Sale $2,570,471 −13.8%+5.6%+3.8%
December 18, 2015December 17, 2015 SBAC Sale $5,008,489 −5.7%−12.2%−12.1%
November 26, 2014November 24, 2014 SBAC Sale $1,668,325 +0.2%−16.3%−13.3%
May 15, 2014May 13, 2014 SBAC Sale $1,938,717 +3.8%+2.6%+3.8%
May 9, 2014May 8, 2014 SBAC Sale $639,230 +9.0%+4.9%+4.8%
May 3, 2013May 3, 2013 SBAC Sale $2,424,350 −10.2%+5.0%+2.7%
December 14, 2012December 12, 2012 SBAC Sale $3,076,933 −8.1%−5.8%−1.9%
August 17, 2012August 15, 2012 SBAC Sale $2,298,941 +12.4%+0.2%−2.8%
March 16, 2012March 16, 2012 SBAC Sale $774,972 +13.1%+29.6%+29.0%
December 2, 2011December 2, 2011 SBAC Sale $1,263,682 +8.4%+50.8%+48.5%

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