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Hatzir Shimon: insider trades

Officer at Ormat Technologies, Inc. No open-market purchases and 19 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from June 11, 2014 to November 8, 2022.

What happened after Hatzir Shimon’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +0.1% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 37% 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

Hatzir Shimon: 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 19 +0.4% +0.3% 42% 6 −0.23 0.82 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 19 +0.1% +11.1% 37% 6 0.16 0.88 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 19 −0.6% +13.9% 37% 6 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
Ormat Technologies, Inc. ORA EVP, Electricity Segment019June 11, 2014November 8, 2022

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
November 8, 2022November 7, 2022 ORA Sale $462,416 −14.7%−56.9%−54.7%
September 9, 2022September 8, 2022 ORA Sale $439,927 −4.9%−32.6%−35.9%
December 9, 2021December 7, 2021 ORA Sale $183,546 +6.7%+30.4%+26.3%
September 21, 2017September 19, 2017 ORA Sale $285,737 +3.1%−22.2%−21.5%
September 19, 2017September 18, 2017 ORA Sale $174,096 +0.3%−20.0%−21.3%
June 15, 2017June 13, 2017 ORA Sale $188,129 −8.1%−29.8%−31.4%
June 12, 2017June 9, 2017 ORA Sale $71,309 −9.5%−31.4%−31.2%
June 8, 2017June 7, 2017 ORA Sale $180,900 −6.9%−31.2%−30.3%
July 5, 2016June 30, 2016 ORA Sale $124,280 +6.9%+15.8%+17.3%
June 8, 2016June 6, 2016 ORA Sale $128,578 +12.3%+21.8%+16.1%
May 11, 2016May 10, 2016 ORA Sale $254,388 +5.9%+16.8%+15.5%
March 14, 2016March 10, 2016 ORA Sale $123,443 +5.1%+28.6%+21.8%
February 29, 2016February 26, 2016 ORA Sale $659,926 +7.3%+31.4%+24.1%
June 22, 2015June 16, 2015 ORA Sale $151,949 −1.8%+11.1%+13.9%
June 17, 2015June 16, 2015 ORA Sale $97,280 +0.3%+13.2%+13.9%
March 23, 2015March 19, 2015 ORA Sale $142,842 +0.9%+8.2%+9.8%
March 12, 2015March 10, 2015 ORA Sale $173,389 −1.2%+9.4%+18.4%
March 3, 2015March 2, 2015 ORA Sale $43,758 +12.5%+22.3%+21.0%
June 11, 2014June 10, 2014 ORA Sale $31,350 −6.4%+17.7%+16.9%

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