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Jordan Bruce Alan: insider trades

Officer at DEL Monte Corp. No open-market purchases and 21 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from May 23, 2011 to August 9, 2017.

What happened after Jordan Bruce Alan’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +0.1% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 52% 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 21 +0.9% +1.1% 38% 6 0.08 0.94 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 21 +0.1% −10.9% 52% 6 −0.56 0.60 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 21 +0.1% −4.9% 52% 6 −0.48 0.65 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
DEL Monte Corp DMC SVP, General Counsel and Secy021May 23, 2011August 9, 2017

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 9, 2017August 7, 2017 DMC Sale $170,845 −9.3%−37.6%−38.6%
August 8, 2017August 4, 2017 DMC Sale $27,622 −10.3%−35.3%−40.2%
August 7, 2017August 3, 2017 DMC Sale $244,350 −8.6%−36.5%−40.7%
August 3, 2017August 1, 2017 DMC Sale $77,064 −15.0%−40.2%−37.3%
March 2, 2017February 28, 2017 DMC Sale $149,872 −13.9%−33.6%−35.5%
August 8, 2016August 4, 2016 DMC Sale $716,024 +6.0%−35.3%−32.6%
August 3, 2016August 1, 2016 DMC Sale $61,284 +10.3%−32.6%−30.3%
May 10, 2016May 6, 2016 DMC Sale $19,462 +12.9%−10.9%−4.9%
November 5, 2015November 4, 2015 DMC Sale $53,396 +0.1%+37.0%+38.7%
September 10, 2015September 8, 2015 DMC Sale $798,200 +1.2%+36.0%+36.7%
August 7, 2015August 5, 2015 DMC Sale $91,781 +18.6%+54.6%+50.6%
August 4, 2015July 31, 2015 DMC Sale $65,709 +15.2%+50.6%+39.0%
May 28, 2015May 26, 2015 DMC Sale $561,300 +9.8%+40.3%+42.6%
April 2, 2015March 31, 2015 DMC Sale $341,549 −2.6%+7.0%+7.8%
March 17, 2015March 13, 2015 DMC Sale $1,147,840 +2.3%+16.6%+17.4%
September 4, 2014September 2, 2014 DMC Sale $507,040 +2.8%+26.1%+24.7%
August 21, 2014August 19, 2014 DMC Sale $312,600 +6.0%+27.1%+20.5%
August 6, 2014August 4, 2014 DMC Sale $24,271 +2.1%+14.2%+21.8%
March 18, 2013March 14, 2013 DMC Sale $247,080 −5.5%−20.6%−17.1%
May 31, 2011May 26, 2011 DMC Sale $214,826 −3.4%−13.6%−11.2%
May 23, 2011May 19, 2011 DMC Sale $270,600 +0.7%−11.7%−8.5%

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