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Fuller Wilford H.: insider trades

Officer at Lincoln National Corp. No open-market purchases and 11 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from December 10, 2010 to December 8, 2020.

What happened after Fuller Wilford H.’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved −6.6% 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

Fuller Wilford H.: 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 +0.3% +2.6% 46% 8 0.18 0.86 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 11 −6.6% −5.7% 55% 8 −0.69 0.51 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 11 −5.9% −5.7% 55% 8 −0.60 0.56 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
Lincoln National Corp LNC President - LFGD011December 10, 2010December 8, 2020

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 8, 2020December 7, 2020 LNC Sale $1,319,250 +12.5%+4.5%+1.8%
December 4, 2020December 2, 2020 LNC Sale $5,623,606 +10.6%+1.8%+6.3%
February 24, 2017February 23, 2017 LNC Sale $163,413 −10.3%−5.7%−7.8%
November 14, 2016November 10, 2016 LNC Sale $3,766,226 +8.7%+0.6%+5.3%
February 24, 2015February 24, 2015 LNC Sale $174,420 −1.4%−30.8%−31.4%
August 25, 2014August 22, 2014 LNC Sale $1,762,415 +2.7%−7.4%−5.7%
February 25, 2014February 25, 2014 LNC Sale $150,390 −7.3%+1.9%+1.0%
March 5, 2013March 5, 2013 LNC Sale $185,580 +3.8%+43.8%+43.6%
May 11, 2011May 10, 2011 LNC Sale $93,206 −13.5%−24.1%−25.4%
February 14, 2011February 11, 2011 LNC Sale $106,275 −7.4%−25.6%−25.0%
December 10, 2010December 8, 2010 LNC Sale $149,710 +4.6%−32.0%−28.2%

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