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Wilson Dennis J.: insider trades

Director, 10% owner, Other at Lululemon Athletica. No open-market purchases and 15 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from September 11, 2014 to April 28, 2020.

What happened after Wilson Dennis J.’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +34.8% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 0% 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

Wilson Dennis J.: 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 +24.1% +12.8% 0% 4 2.87 0.064 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 15 +34.8% +33.8% 0% 4 2.53 0.086 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 15 +41.6% +44.8% 7% 4 3.23 0.048 Some evidence: seller wrong

“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
Lululemon Athletica LULU —015September 11, 2014April 28, 2020

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
April 28, 2020April 27, 2020 LULU Sale $19,999,912 +28.8%+2.0%+1.8%
April 22, 2020April 20, 2020 LULU Sale $30,000,134 +35.0%+9.4%−4.0%
April 7, 2020April 6, 2020 LULU Sale $49,999,880 +45.5%+9.7%+1.0%
March 18, 2020March 16, 2020 LULU Sale $24,997,939 +65.3%+33.8%+54.0%
March 6, 2020March 4, 2020 LULU Sale $15,807,580 +39.3%+5.5%+0.5%
March 3, 2020February 28, 2020 LULU Sale $23,698,989 +39.4%+0.5%+10.9%
September 10, 2019September 6, 2019 LULU Sale $29,159,465 +12.0%+49.5%+60.7%
August 27, 2019August 23, 2019 LULU Sale $20,230,584 +12.7%+82.2%+86.2%
August 23, 2019August 21, 2019 LULU Sale $30,005,362 +12.1%+85.7%+81.9%
March 28, 2019March 26, 2019 LULU Sale $45,001,715 +5.7%+23.8%+45.3%
January 30, 2019January 28, 2019 LULU Sale $272,201,151 +11.1%+40.5%+33.6%
January 16, 2019January 14, 2019 LULU Sale $62,386,043 +8.6%+37.6%+44.8%
January 11, 2019January 9, 2019 LULU Sale $340,085,083 +10.0%+44.8%+44.4%
February 14, 2018February 12, 2018 LULU Sale $211,000,220 +26.0%+78.7%+96.6%
September 11, 2014September 9, 2014 LULU Sale $771,551,718 +9.7%+18.7%+65.9%

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