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Green Darryl: insider trades

Officer at Manpowergroup Inc. No open-market purchases and 11 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from April 28, 2011 to March 2, 2018.

What happened after Green Darryl’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved −2.2% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 46% 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

Green Darryl: 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 11 0.0% +4.2% 46% 7 −0.56 0.60 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 11 −2.2% +3.5% 46% 7 −0.85 0.43 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 11 −2.4% +1.3% 46% 7 −0.90 0.40 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
Manpowergroup Inc. MAN COO & President011April 28, 2011March 2, 2018

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 2, 2018March 1, 2018 MAN Sale $1,172,632 −22.9%−32.3%−33.2%
July 28, 2017July 26, 2017 MAN Sale $8,043,100 +12.1%−27.5%−26.4%
February 3, 2017February 3, 2017 MAN Sale $6,093,738 0.0%+6.7%+3.6%
October 27, 2016October 25, 2016 MAN Sale $781,500 +17.9%+38.5%+38.9%
April 26, 2016April 25, 2016 MAN Sale $806,600 −15.8%+15.0%+13.9%
April 24, 2015April 23, 2015 MAN Sale $4,775,460 +6.2%−4.0%−2.4%
February 24, 2015February 23, 2015 MAN Sale $998,507 +5.9%+3.6%+5.0%
February 20, 2014February 18, 2014 MAN Sale $2,331,115 +4.2%−9.3%−14.1%
July 26, 2013July 26, 2013 MAN Sale $1,358,740 +15.2%+4.0%+1.3%
February 14, 2013February 12, 2013 MAN Sale $521,897 −4.0%+20.5%+25.4%
April 28, 2011April 26, 2011 MAN Sale $1,376,421 −18.5%−39.2%−38.4%

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