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Vitarelli Ronald R: insider trades

Officer at Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. No open-market purchases and 11 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from May 26, 2015 to February 10, 2021.

What happened after Vitarelli Ronald R’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +21.7% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 18% 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

Vitarelli Ronald 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 11 +5.2% +4.5% 27% 6 1.39 0.22 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 11 +21.7% +6.7% 18% 6 1.24 0.27 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 11 +21.2% +4.6% 36% 6 1.17 0.29 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
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. WMS EVP011May 26, 2015February 10, 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
February 10, 2021February 8, 2021 WMS Sale $7,229,734 +7.2%+4.6%−2.4%
August 17, 2020August 13, 2020 WMS Sale $2,316,630 +1.8%+62.9%+67.8%
February 20, 2020February 18, 2020 WMS Sale $1,964,800 −4.6%+91.7%+77.8%
November 14, 2019November 12, 2019 WMS Sale $462,000 +29.7%+57.1%+54.0%
March 15, 2019March 13, 2019 WMS Sale $63,675 +21.2%+30.9%+49.2%
June 7, 2018June 5, 2018 WMS Sale $319,220 +4.5%+2.9%+2.7%
March 13, 2018March 9, 2018 WMS Sale $149,380 +7.7%−7.7%−7.8%
December 15, 2017December 13, 2017 WMS Sale $115,200 +11.9%+7.7%+7.5%
March 17, 2017March 15, 2017 WMS Sale $134,220 −9.7%+6.7%−0.2%
February 28, 2017February 17, 2017 WMS Sale $134,360 −16.4%+1.6%+4.6%
May 26, 2015May 21, 2015 WMS Sale $145,200 +3.4%−20.0%−19.5%

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