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Des Pallieres Bertrand: insider trades

Director, 10% owner at Equus Total Return, Inc. 8 open-market purchases and 1 sale not made under a pre-set plan, reported from November 24, 2010 to October 1, 2021.

Would copying Des Pallieres Bertrand’s purchases have beaten the S&P 500?

Too few purchases to judge. None of their purchases has 12 months of prices after the report; we judge insiders once they have 20. The figures below can swing a long way on a handful of trades. None of their purchases could be priced, so there is no copy portfolio. None of these trades can be measured yet: either the window after the report has not finished or the share price was under $5 when it was reported.

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 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Sales, 12 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Sales, 12 months after the trade 0 — — — — — — Not enough years

“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
Equus Total Return, Inc. EQS —81November 24, 2010October 1, 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
October 1, 2021September 29, 2021 EQS Sale $4,426,222 not yetnot yetnot yet
March 20, 2017March 17, 2017 EQS Purchase $36,000 not yetnot yetnot yet
March 3, 2016February 25, 2016 EQS Purchase $21,420 not yetnot yetnot yet
January 22, 2016January 20, 2016 EQS Purchase $51,616 not yetnot yetnot yet
November 30, 2015November 25, 2015 EQS Purchase $63,426 not yetnot yetnot yet
November 20, 2015November 18, 2015 EQS Purchase $42,775 not yetnot yetnot yet
August 2, 2013July 31, 2013 EQS Purchase $2,413,526 not yetnot yetnot yet
December 21, 2012December 20, 2012 EQS Purchase $2,615,131 not yetnot yetnot yet
November 24, 2010November 15, 2010 EQS Purchase $127,202 not yetnot yetnot yet

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 Des Pallieres Bertrand traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.