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Allison Paul D: insider trades

Chief executive at Raymond James Financial. No open-market purchases and 14 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from November 9, 2011 to February 23, 2021.

What happened after Allison Paul D’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +4.7% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 43% 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 14 +2.6% −0.3% 57% 8 1.15 0.29 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 14 +4.7% +1.2% 43% 8 0.90 0.40 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 14 +4.8% 0.0% 50% 8 0.99 0.36 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
Raymond James Financial RJF Chair, President & CEO RJ Ltd.014November 9, 2011February 23, 2021

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
February 23, 2021February 22, 2021 RJF Sale $1,179,900 +0.7%+23.2%+24.2%
February 2, 2021February 1, 2021 RJF Sale $706,650 +19.1%+36.5%+35.8%
November 5, 2020November 4, 2020 RJF Sale $444,844 +31.7%+61.1%+60.2%
December 9, 2019December 6, 2019 RJF Sale $874,704 −11.3%−13.7%−13.0%
October 30, 2019October 29, 2019 RJF Sale $164,775 +3.2%−16.3%−19.3%
May 7, 2019May 3, 2019 RJF Sale $452,300 −13.8%−27.4%−28.5%
March 16, 2018March 14, 2018 RJF Sale $637,890 −1.1%−22.7%−17.9%
December 1, 2016November 30, 2016 RJF Sale $1,184,700 −0.3%+2.3%+1.5%
November 17, 2014November 13, 2014 RJF Sale $364,928 −2.4%−0.4%−0.9%
November 13, 2013November 12, 2013 RJF Sale $322,350 +8.9%+6.3%+8.2%
August 7, 2013August 6, 2013 RJF Sale $110,300 −0.4%+1.5%+0.4%
May 6, 2013May 3, 2013 RJF Sale $190,800 −0.2%+1.0%−0.4%
February 28, 2013February 27, 2013 RJF Sale $110,375 −6.3%−2.5%−4.5%
November 9, 2011October 3, 2011 RJF Sale $194,616 +8.7%+16.7%+21.1%

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