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Derycz Peter: insider trades

Chief executive, Director, 10% owner at 2 companies we cover. 1 open-market purchase and 11 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from March 2, 2010 to March 25, 2024.

Would copying Derycz Peter’s purchases have beaten the S&P 500?

Too few purchases to judge. None of their purchases has 12 months of prices after the report; we judge insiders once they have 20. The figures below can swing a long way on a handful of trades. After their sales, the shares moved −35.8% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 50% trailed it. None of their purchases could be priced, so there is no copy portfolio.

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

Derycz Peter: 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 2 −5.0% −5.0% 50% 2 — — Not enough years
Sales, 12 months after the report 2 −35.8% −35.8% 50% 2 — — Not enough years
Sales, 12 months after the trade 2 −37.6% −37.6% 50% 2 — — 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
Research Solutions, Inc. RSSS CEO & President19June 27, 2016March 25, 2024
Bloomia Holdings, Inc. TULP —02March 2, 2010March 16, 2011

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
March 25, 2024March 20, 2024 RSSS Sale $199,134 not yetnot yetnot yet
January 24, 2024January 22, 2024 RSSS Sale $110,927 not yetnot yetnot yet
January 22, 2024January 17, 2024 RSSS Sale $55,611 not yetnot yetnot yet
January 16, 2024January 10, 2024 RSSS Sale $33,569 not yetnot yetnot yet
January 9, 2024January 5, 2024 RSSS Sale $253,823 not yetnot yetnot yet
January 4, 2024December 29, 2023 RSSS Sale $29,676 not yetnot yetnot yet
December 28, 2023December 26, 2023 RSSS Sale $71,515 not yetnot yetnot yet
December 22, 2023December 20, 2023 RSSS Sale $184,069 not yetnot yetnot yet
November 14, 2023November 10, 2023 RSSS Sale $42,120 not yetnot yetnot yet
June 27, 2016June 24, 2016 RSSS Purchase $20,000 not yetnot yetnot yet
March 16, 2011March 14, 2011 TULP Sale $130,647 −15.6%−79.4%−76.6%
March 2, 2010March 1, 2010 TULP Sale $54,000 +5.6%+7.7%+1.4%

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