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Juden Alexander C.: insider trades

Officer at Schlumberger. No open-market purchases and 10 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from March 10, 2010 to May 11, 2020.

What happened after Juden Alexander C.’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved −9.1% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 70% 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

Juden Alexander C.: 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 10 +0.9% +3.8% 40% 8 0.00 1.00 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 10 −9.1% −16.6% 70% 8 −0.79 0.45 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 10 −9.7% −14.7% 70% 8 −0.99 0.35 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
Schlumberger SLB Secretary and General Counsel010March 10, 2010May 11, 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
May 11, 2020May 8, 2020 SLB Sale $607,250 +3.1%+48.8%+34.3%
April 29, 2019April 26, 2019 SLB Sale $374,155 −8.8%−56.6%−60.5%
January 25, 2016January 25, 2016 SLB Sale $1,250,200 +11.7%+11.0%+13.2%
January 20, 2015January 20, 2015 SLB Sale $1,000,080 +8.6%−17.2%−16.0%
April 23, 2014April 21, 2014 SLB Sale $5,667,390 +5.3%−23.3%−23.0%
January 21, 2014January 21, 2014 SLB Sale $306,084 +10.4%−22.5%−20.7%
October 22, 2013October 21, 2013 SLB Sale $5,179,304 −7.7%−6.3%−7.2%
July 28, 2011July 28, 2011 SLB Sale $1,387,401 −15.9%−28.1%−27.8%
December 14, 2010December 13, 2010 SLB Sale $265,649 +4.6%−16.0%−13.3%
March 10, 2010March 9, 2010 SLB Sale $81,598 −2.0%+19.4%+23.9%

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 Juden Alexander C. traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.