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Michelle Mckenna: insider trades

Director at 2 companies we cover. No open-market purchases and 14 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from November 14, 2016 to November 18, 2020.

What happened after Michelle Mckenna’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +59.4% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 21% 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 14 +17.1% +17.3% 21% 5 5.00 0.007 Some evidence: seller wrong
Sales, 12 months after the report 14 +59.4% +51.5% 21% 5 1.91 0.13 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 14 +59.3% +56.3% 21% 5 1.88 0.13 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
Ringcentral, Inc. RNG —09March 8, 2017November 18, 2020
Insperity, Inc. NSP —05November 14, 2016August 24, 2017

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 18, 2020November 16, 2020 RNG Sale $585,640 +22.8%−55.5%−44.3%
June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 RNG Sale $381,598 −3.4%−36.7%−37.5%
May 19, 2020May 18, 2020 RNG Sale $270,200 −4.9%−44.7%−50.9%
November 15, 2019November 14, 2019 RNG Sale $516,724 +34.9%+55.5%+57.0%
February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 RNG Sale $206,880 +13.7%+115.1%+111.1%
December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 RNG Sale $220,000 +17.4%+70.3%+63.8%
November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 RNG Sale $211,325 +23.6%+92.9%+85.3%
May 30, 2018May 29, 2018 RNG Sale $501,707 +16.0%+47.6%+55.6%
August 24, 2017August 23, 2017 NSP Sale $47,814 +35.2%+178.2%+180.4%
August 14, 2017August 10, 2017 NSP Sale $50,292 +25.0%+157.5%+158.5%
March 8, 2017March 7, 2017 RNG Sale $383,063 +39.8%+128.8%+131.9%
February 27, 2017February 24, 2017 NSP Sale $40,855 −11.6%+44.6%+48.4%
December 8, 2016December 7, 2016 NSP Sale $25,068 +17.2%+43.3%+44.3%
November 14, 2016November 10, 2016 NSP Sale $60,975 +13.5%+35.0%+26.2%

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