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Long Douglas M: insider trades

Officer at Rayonier Inc. No open-market purchases and 7 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from September 11, 2015 to March 16, 2022.

What happened after Long Douglas M’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +0.6% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 43% 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

Long Douglas M: 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 7 −1.2% −2.3% 57% 6 −0.26 0.80 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 7 +0.6% +2.9% 43% 6 0.05 0.96 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 7 −0.1% −2.5% 57% 6 −0.23 0.83 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
Rayonier Inc RYN SVP, Forest Resources07September 11, 2015March 16, 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
March 16, 2022March 15, 2022 RYN Sale $59,654 +4.1%−10.3%−13.0%
May 28, 2021May 27, 2021 RYN Sale $133,993 −12.1%+10.3%+11.7%
February 12, 2021February 11, 2021 RYN Sale $171,550 +2.6%−4.2%−3.8%
August 31, 2020August 28, 2020 RYN Sale $42,337 −5.7%+2.9%−2.5%
September 3, 2019August 30, 2019 RYN Sale $24,806 +9.4%−7.3%−8.0%
March 2, 2017March 2, 2017 RYN Sale $68,021 −4.6%+4.3%+4.9%
September 11, 2015September 10, 2015 RYN Sale $20,087 −2.3%+8.3%+9.9%

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 Long Douglas M traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.