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Webster Patrick M: insider trades

Officer at UFP Industries Inc. No open-market purchases and 15 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from April 27, 2010 to August 4, 2022.

What happened after Webster Patrick M’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved −1.5% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 47% 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

Webster Patrick M: 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 15 −0.9% −4.2% 60% 8 −0.34 0.75 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 15 −1.5% +0.4% 47% 8 −0.77 0.47 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 15 +0.4% +2.8% 40% 8 −0.43 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
UFP Industries Inc UFPI President and COO015April 27, 2010August 4, 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
August 4, 2022August 2, 2022 UFPI Sale $2,540,077 −13.3%+6.4%+2.8%
March 14, 2022March 11, 2022 UFPI Sale $1,349,968 −4.5%−0.8%+0.4%
March 10, 2022March 9, 2022 UFPI Sale $205,700 −4.2%+0.4%+2.8%
March 8, 2021March 5, 2021 UFPI Sale $1,853,400 +6.9%+18.1%+22.2%
September 15, 2020September 11, 2020 UFPI Sale $1,679,324 −10.1%−9.9%−6.8%
September 15, 2020September 2, 2020 UFPI Sale $1,753,741 −10.1%−9.9%−6.0%
June 4, 2020June 3, 2020 UFPI Sale $584,725 +6.9%+17.3%+23.6%
October 31, 2019October 30, 2019 UFPI Sale $410,531 −12.3%−7.6%−9.4%
May 14, 2019May 13, 2019 UFPI Sale $101,747 +9.2%+4.0%+6.7%
May 2, 2019May 1, 2019 UFPI Sale $419,025 +5.4%+8.8%+10.9%
June 11, 2018June 8, 2018 UFPI Sale $499,268 −6.9%−10.4%−12.3%
September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 UFPI Sale $88,574 +20.3%+6.3%+8.4%
September 14, 2017September 12, 2017 UFPI Sale $133,200 +17.3%+8.4%+12.6%
October 24, 2013October 23, 2013 UFPI Sale $34,867 −0.2%−18.3%−15.0%
April 27, 2010April 26, 2010 UFPI Sale $142,824 −18.1%−35.7%−35.1%

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