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Banta Geoffrey R: insider trades

Officer at Amerisafe Inc. No open-market purchases and 16 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from May 16, 2011 to November 13, 2014.

What happened after Banta Geoffrey R’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +4.9% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 44% 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 16 −0.5% −2.7% 63% 3 — — Not enough years
Sales, 12 months after the report 16 +4.9% +2.8% 44% 3 — — Not enough years
Sales, 12 months after the trade 16 +6.0% +3.6% 44% 3 — — Not enough years

“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
Amerisafe Inc AMSF EVP/Corporate Development016May 16, 2011November 13, 2014

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 13, 2014November 13, 2014 AMSF Sale $207,950 +4.6%+31.8%+32.0%
September 5, 2014September 4, 2014 AMSF Sale $190,800 +10.7%+27.1%+26.0%
August 27, 2014August 25, 2014 AMSF Sale $177,763 +11.0%+29.2%+35.3%
May 8, 2014May 7, 2014 AMSF Sale $392,100 −8.8%+0.3%+2.0%
March 6, 2014March 4, 2014 AMSF Sale $437,550 −16.4%−16.2%−17.4%
December 13, 2013December 11, 2013 AMSF Sale $304,833 +5.2%−6.3%−7.8%
November 7, 2013November 7, 2013 AMSF Sale $117,240 −2.7%−11.2%−9.0%
November 7, 2013November 6, 2013 AMSF Sale $118,020 −2.7%−11.2%−9.1%
November 7, 2013November 5, 2013 AMSF Sale $118,470 −2.7%−11.2%−7.7%
August 12, 2013August 9, 2013 AMSF Sale $122,438 +12.0%−4.3%−0.6%
August 8, 2013August 6, 2013 AMSF Sale $130,135 +11.5%−0.6%−0.5%
March 14, 2013March 14, 2013 AMSF Sale $103,440 −8.8%+6.0%+5.2%
March 13, 2013March 13, 2013 AMSF Sale $101,016 −7.0%+5.2%+5.5%
March 12, 2013March 12, 2013 AMSF Sale $103,140 −5.5%+5.5%+8.3%
May 19, 2011May 17, 2011 AMSF Sale $279,075 −3.0%+16.5%+18.1%
May 16, 2011May 13, 2011 AMSF Sale $108,742 −5.1%+18.1%+15.7%

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