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Von Gillern Jeffry H.: insider trades

Officer at U.S. Bancorp. No open-market purchases and 18 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from April 25, 2012 to November 9, 2022.

What happened after Von Gillern Jeffry H.’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved −10.9% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 78% 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

Von Gillern Jeffry 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 18 +0.5% +1.4% 39% 10 0.34 0.74 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 18 −10.9% −5.4% 78% 10 −2.29 0.048 Some evidence: seller right
Sales, 12 months after the trade 18 −10.6% −6.0% 67% 10 −2.23 0.053 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
U.S. Bancorp USB Vice Chair018April 25, 2012November 9, 2022

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 9, 2022November 8, 2022 USB Sale $1,195,780 +5.6%−33.3%−34.3%
April 29, 2021April 27, 2021 USB Sale $3,132,113 −11.2%−15.6%−12.5%
October 23, 2019October 22, 2019 USB Sale $303,581 −12.5%−42.0%−45.4%
July 23, 2019July 22, 2019 USB Sale $520,897 +1.2%−41.8%−42.6%
May 2, 2019May 1, 2019 USB Sale $248,111 +4.4%−31.8%−30.5%
October 26, 2018October 24, 2018 USB Sale $889,581 −2.9%−3.3%+0.4%
August 15, 2018July 19, 2018 USB Sale $730,517 +6.7%−2.9%+2.5%
February 27, 2018February 23, 2018 USB Sale $750,528 −8.5%−7.4%−8.6%
February 16, 2017February 15, 2017 USB Sale $1,092,400 −8.2%−15.4%−16.3%
November 14, 2016November 9, 2016 USB Sale $932,600 +5.4%−10.7%−7.6%
July 22, 2016July 22, 2016 USB Sale $4,324,362 +5.9%+13.1%+12.1%
October 26, 2015October 23, 2015 USB Sale $2,120,500 +1.6%+2.1%+0.2%
April 24, 2015April 23, 2015 USB Sale $2,248,870 +7.3%+3.2%+2.5%
November 19, 2014November 18, 2014 USB Sale $2,696,305 −1.2%−1.2%−1.5%
October 24, 2014October 23, 2014 USB Sale $2,043,179 +0.7%−2.3%−0.7%
May 8, 2014May 7, 2014 USB Sale $1,701,060 −0.6%−3.3%−4.4%
April 22, 2013April 19, 2013 USB Sale $702,318 +7.4%+6.5%+4.5%
April 25, 2012April 25, 2012 USB Sale $346,311 +7.6%−10.3%−9.4%

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