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Shaffer Michael A: insider trades

Chief financial officer at PVH Corp. No open-market purchases and 15 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from September 29, 2010 to September 7, 2021.

What happened after Shaffer Michael A’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved −14.6% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 80% 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

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 15 −2.7% −6.5% 67% 8 −0.52 0.62 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 15 −14.6% −21.7% 80% 8 −1.18 0.28 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 15 −15.2% −26.8% 73% 8 −1.02 0.34 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
PVH Corp. PVH EVP, COO and CFO015September 29, 2010September 7, 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
September 7, 2021September 2, 2021 PVH Sale $1,460,038 −7.9%−36.6%−42.1%
April 14, 2021April 12, 2021 PVH Sale $98,052 −10.8%−32.7%−45.7%
April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 PVH Sale $789,530 −11.3%−45.7%−45.7%
January 13, 2021January 12, 2021 PVH Sale $2,517,234 −5.7%−21.1%−30.1%
December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 PVH Sale $2,591,025 +8.2%−15.4%−12.2%
April 10, 2018April 9, 2018 PVH Sale $7,300,019 −12.0%−31.0%−30.8%
July 10, 2017July 6, 2017 PVH Sale $5,069,808 +6.5%+15.8%+15.6%
January 15, 2015January 13, 2015 PVH Sale $513,654 −11.4%−35.5%−36.0%
December 19, 2013December 18, 2013 PVH Sale $2,610,493 −13.5%−21.7%−21.7%
June 24, 2013June 24, 2013 PVH Sale $2,285,140 −7.7%−31.5%−32.1%
June 17, 2013June 14, 2013 PVH Sale $1,620,320 −6.5%−28.0%−26.8%
April 4, 2013April 2, 2013 PVH Sale $2,815,032 +12.1%−6.5%−3.5%
December 20, 2011December 19, 2011 PVH Sale $2,851,139 +18.0%+44.7%+43.1%
April 11, 2011April 7, 2011 PVH Sale $3,929,400 +6.2%+26.9%+34.0%
September 29, 2010September 28, 2010 PVH Sale $1,757,400 −4.6%0.0%+6.4%

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