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Rempell Michael R: insider trades

Officer at American Eagle Outfitters Inc. No open-market purchases and 16 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from November 30, 2012 to December 12, 2023.

What happened after Rempell Michael R’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved −30.2% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 94% 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

Rempell Michael R: 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 16 −3.4% −5.9% 69% 8 −1.99 0.086 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 16 −30.2% −36.1% 94% 8 −4.14 0.004 Strong evidence: seller right
Sales, 12 months after the trade 16 −30.9% −31.9% 88% 8 −4.42 0.003 Strong evidence: seller right

“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
American Eagle Outfitters Inc AEO EVP, Chief Operations Officer016November 30, 2012December 12, 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 12, 2023December 8, 2023 AEO Sale $705,600 +3.0%−45.4%−42.9%
December 6, 2023December 4, 2023 AEO Sale $782,000 +0.4%−43.8%−27.7%
March 22, 2022March 18, 2022 AEO Sale $246,552 −17.7%−15.7%−22.8%
April 27, 2021April 23, 2021 AEO Sale $2,497,664 −8.4%−58.2%−61.6%
June 13, 2018June 11, 2018 AEO Sale $3,363,213 −0.1%−28.4%−36.2%
April 4, 2018April 3, 2018 AEO Sale $303,600 +8.3%−0.5%−1.9%
April 2, 2018March 29, 2018 AEO Sale $298,800 +13.4%−1.9%+3.1%
March 26, 2018March 23, 2018 AEO Sale $190,287 +16.7%+5.3%+0.7%
September 6, 2016August 19, 2016 AEO Sale $957,388 −8.7%−45.0%−55.6%
August 22, 2016August 18, 2016 AEO Sale $1,553,074 −3.2%−46.7%−51.7%
January 26, 2016January 22, 2016 AEO Sale $462,345 −8.0%−15.7%−19.8%
March 9, 2015March 5, 2015 AEO Sale $223,469 −3.7%−0.8%−0.1%
September 19, 2013September 17, 2013 AEO Sale $609,779 −8.7%−19.5%−23.3%
March 12, 2013March 8, 2013 AEO Sale $344,757 −13.0%−57.7%−54.4%
December 7, 2012December 5, 2012 AEO Sale $230,072 −10.0%−59.4%−50.0%
November 30, 2012November 29, 2012 AEO Sale $358,242 −13.8%−50.2%−50.9%

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 Rempell Michael R traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.