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Forshay Steven E: insider trades

Officer at Dolby Laboratories, Inc. No open-market purchases and 19 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from April 28, 2015 to August 31, 2021.

What happened after Forshay Steven E’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +5.3% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 21% 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

Forshay Steven E: 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 +0.7% −0.4% 58% 6 −0.88 0.42 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 19 +5.3% +10.6% 21% 6 0.68 0.53 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 19 +3.9% +8.9% 21% 6 0.44 0.68 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
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. DLB SVP, Advanced Technology Group019April 28, 2015August 31, 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
August 31, 2021August 30, 2021 DLB Sale $171,688 −15.4%−13.7%−14.0%
August 17, 2021August 16, 2021 DLB Sale $2,548,258 −15.9%−16.7%−18.4%
December 17, 2020December 16, 2020 DLB Sale $76,728 −0.4%−26.5%−25.7%
October 19, 2020October 16, 2020 DLB Sale $58,152 +26.4%+3.0%+2.5%
October 13, 2020October 8, 2020 DLB Sale $57,129 +29.9%+3.2%+1.4%
August 18, 2020August 17, 2020 DLB Sale $58,160 +21.9%+9.9%+8.9%
August 13, 2020August 11, 2020 DLB Sale $1,997,206 +12.0%+12.9%+5.5%
July 28, 2020July 27, 2020 DLB Sale $289,606 −0.2%+3.1%+0.4%
February 20, 2020February 18, 2020 DLB Sale $59,976 −7.8%+12.5%+14.0%
February 14, 2020February 12, 2020 DLB Sale $1,435,544 −10.9%+14.0%+13.3%
February 5, 2020February 3, 2020 DLB Sale $6,742,193 −7.2%+10.6%+12.0%
December 2, 2019November 27, 2019 DLB Sale $1,176,774 +3.4%+15.8%+14.5%
November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 DLB Sale $496,786 +0.3%+14.5%+12.0%
November 21, 2019November 19, 2019 DLB Sale $6,983,260 −0.7%+11.1%+12.5%
November 6, 2017November 3, 2017 DLB Sale $1,774,071 +1.8%+7.9%+9.6%
November 1, 2017October 30, 2017 DLB Sale $541,280 +3.0%+11.5%+10.7%
August 2, 2016August 1, 2016 DLB Sale $1,945,832 −1.4%−9.6%−9.3%
May 28, 2015May 26, 2015 DLB Sale $452,566 −11.6%+19.7%+18.5%
April 28, 2015April 24, 2015 DLB Sale $1,346,476 −14.1%+18.2%+5.2%

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