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Lazarus Brian D: insider trades

Officer at SBA Communications. No open-market purchases and 20 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from March 8, 2010 to December 15, 2023.

What happened after Lazarus Brian D’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +1.4% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 55% 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

Lazarus Brian D: 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 20 −2.0% −2.4% 60% 11 −1.61 0.14 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 20 +1.4% −2.4% 55% 11 −0.62 0.55 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 20 +1.4% +0.6% 45% 11 −0.65 0.53 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
SBA Communications SBAC SVP & Chief Accounting Officer020March 8, 2010December 15, 2023

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
December 15, 2023December 13, 2023 SBAC Sale $5,137,911 −22.7%−42.3%−42.2%
September 8, 2021September 3, 2021 SBAC Sale $8,884,479 −4.9%+0.9%+0.4%
June 1, 2020May 28, 2020 SBAC Sale $8,328,862 −17.6%−40.6%−44.3%
August 20, 2019August 16, 2019 SBAC Sale $5,396,436 −14.9%−2.1%−0.4%
March 15, 2019March 13, 2019 SBAC Sale $3,855,393 +16.4%+53.1%+50.5%
December 17, 2018December 13, 2018 SBAC Sale $2,746,375 +5.7%+14.0%+15.2%
August 29, 2017August 25, 2017 SBAC Sale $1,119,603 +3.6%−19.4%−17.6%
August 19, 2015August 17, 2015 SBAC Sale $1,172,039 −17.0%−17.6%−16.4%
April 30, 2015April 28, 2015 SBAC Sale $53,785 +3.5%−10.3%−12.3%
November 8, 2013November 7, 2013 SBAC Sale $854,180 −0.1%+5.8%+6.8%
March 6, 2013March 5, 2013 SBAC Sale $468,341 −1.5%+5.9%+6.3%
November 30, 2012November 30, 2012 SBAC Sale $206,628 −3.3%−5.0%−4.9%
November 20, 2012November 19, 2012 SBAC Sale $137,205 −3.3%−4.7%+0.7%
April 13, 2012April 12, 2012 SBAC Sale $604,760 +9.8%+30.1%+29.9%
March 9, 2012March 9, 2012 SBAC Sale $198,977 +9.3%+28.4%+29.5%
March 1, 2012February 28, 2012 SBAC Sale $74,908 +15.2%+40.0%+37.5%
March 8, 2011March 7, 2011 SBAC Sale $201,984 −8.1%+12.7%+8.7%
November 3, 2010November 2, 2010 SBAC Sale $56,618 +1.9%−2.7%−6.3%
August 20, 2010August 19, 2010 SBAC Sale $611,375 −8.5%−15.2%−14.2%
March 8, 2010March 8, 2010 SBAC Sale $261,520 −4.6%−3.3%+1.3%

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