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Perry David T: insider trades

Officer at Northrop Grumman. No open-market purchases and 12 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from August 14, 2012 to March 8, 2023.

What happened after Perry David T’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +20.9% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 8% 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

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 12 +5.3% +8.1% 33% 8 1.26 0.25 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 12 +20.9% +21.7% 8% 8 2.15 0.069 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 12 +21.1% +20.4% 8% 8 2.45 0.044 Some evidence: seller wrong

“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
Northrop Grumman NOC CVP Chief Global Bus Off012August 14, 2012March 8, 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
March 8, 2023March 6, 2023 NOC Sale $1,878,205 −10.4%−30.8%−28.2%
February 28, 2022February 24, 2022 NOC Sale $1,206,905 +6.7%+10.1%+26.7%
March 2, 2021February 26, 2021 NOC Sale $1,664,045 +12.7%+37.8%+26.2%
February 27, 2019February 25, 2019 NOC Sale $3,816,838 +6.3%+6.8%+6.3%
November 4, 2015November 2, 2015 NOC Sale $980,058 +11.2%+21.5%+20.1%
November 3, 2015October 30, 2015 NOC Sale $170,217 +10.7%+21.8%+19.6%
May 15, 2015May 13, 2015 NOC Sale $682,895 +11.8%+39.5%+42.6%
March 7, 2014March 6, 2014 NOC Sale $667,640 −2.4%+20.6%+19.9%
August 14, 2013August 12, 2013 NOC Sale $180,424 +9.6%+16.3%+15.9%
May 3, 2013May 2, 2013 NOC Sale $449,285 +18.7%+41.3%+42.1%
November 14, 2012November 12, 2012 NOC Sale $195,570 −8.1%+43.1%+41.7%
August 14, 2012August 10, 2012 NOC Sale $181,154 −3.4%+22.3%+20.6%

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 Perry David T traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.