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Shine Kenneth Irwin: insider trades

Director at UnitedHealth Group. No open-market purchases and 12 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from January 27, 2011 to November 13, 2018.

What happened after Shine Kenneth Irwin’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +10.2% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 33% 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

Shine Kenneth Irwin: 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 12 +2.6% +2.6% 25% 7 0.79 0.46 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 12 +10.2% +15.4% 33% 7 2.04 0.087 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 12 +9.6% +15.5% 33% 7 1.76 0.13 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
UnitedHealth Group UNH —012January 27, 2011November 13, 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
November 13, 2018November 9, 2018 UNH Sale $44,797 −1.0%−14.4%−19.7%
July 19, 2018July 18, 2018 UNH Sale $45,262 +6.7%−7.0%−5.8%
April 20, 2018April 19, 2018 UNH Sale $47,959 +2.6%−12.1%−12.4%
January 22, 2018January 19, 2018 UNH Sale $48,025 +2.6%+15.2%+15.1%
November 15, 2017November 14, 2017 UNH Sale $96,441 +2.2%+22.4%+20.1%
April 21, 2017April 19, 2017 UNH Sale $141,723 +6.7%+24.9%+24.0%
October 25, 2016October 21, 2016 UNH Sale $47,122 +7.3%+27.3%+22.5%
April 22, 2016April 20, 2016 UNH Sale $127,265 +2.0%+15.6%+15.9%
January 26, 2015January 22, 2015 UNH Sale $70,531 +2.5%+9.1%+7.7%
March 19, 2014March 18, 2014 UNH Sale $97,400 −5.9%+33.7%+41.9%
April 24, 2012April 23, 2012 UNH Sale $147,350 −7.3%−13.5%−16.6%
January 27, 2011January 26, 2011 UNH Sale $128,549 +13.3%+21.4%+22.9%

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