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Rutz Michael P: insider trades

Officer at 2 companies we cover. No open-market purchases and 14 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from November 30, 2016 to August 11, 2026.

What happened after Rutz Michael P’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +1.1% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 46% 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 13 −3.6% −4.7% 54% 8 −1.24 0.26 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 13 +1.1% +8.9% 46% 8 −0.03 0.97 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 13 +1.8% +1.1% 46% 8 0.05 0.96 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
Littelfuse Inc LFUS SVP & GM Semiconductor Product010November 30, 2016May 8, 2020
Sotera Health Co SHC President of Sterigenics04August 27, 2021August 11, 2026

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
August 11, 2026August 7, 2026 SHC Sale $2,826,000 not yetnot yetnot yet
August 26, 2025August 22, 2025 SHC Sale $2,073,888 +0.6%−3.5%−1.3%
March 5, 2024March 4, 2024 SHC Sale $1,189,290 −21.0%−28.4%−30.7%
August 27, 2021August 25, 2021 SHC Sale $1,677,010 −16.9%−21.2%−21.2%
May 8, 2020May 7, 2020 LFUS Sale $1,157,102 +10.9%+26.9%+40.1%
May 5, 2020May 4, 2020 LFUS Sale $1,099,084 +16.2%+37.3%+38.3%
December 16, 2019December 13, 2019 LFUS Sale $76,704 −13.8%+11.3%+13.2%
November 27, 2019November 25, 2019 LFUS Sale $36,512 −6.7%+16.6%+15.3%
November 12, 2019November 8, 2019 LFUS Sale $36,762 −5.1%+8.9%+1.1%
June 18, 2018June 15, 2018 LFUS Sale $681,492 −13.4%−30.8%−31.5%
March 9, 2018March 9, 2018 LFUS Sale $519,679 +3.1%−16.6%−14.4%
February 16, 2018February 15, 2018 LFUS Sale $198,440 +2.2%−12.5%−13.6%
February 16, 2017February 15, 2017 LFUS Sale $482,806 −4.7%+11.0%+10.5%
November 30, 2016November 28, 2016 LFUS Sale $148,325 +1.5%+15.7%+17.1%

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