Optical Cable Corp insider trading
Every open-market purchase and sale by Optical Cable Corp's officers, directors and largest shareholders since November 4, 2021, and what the share price did next.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | 1M after | 3M after | 6M after |
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Does following Optical Cable Corp’s insiders pay?
From March 23, 2011 to July 10, 2026, 6 insiders reported 8 open-market purchases and 4 sales not made under a pre-set plan in Optical Cable Corp. Twelve months after each purchase was reported, the shares were −40.2% against the S&P 500 on average (median −40.2%), over 1 purchase with a full year of prices; 0% beat the index. After sales, the shares moved −50.1% against the index over 12 months (a negative figure means selling was the right call). That rests on fewer than 20 purchases, too few to read much into. Buying each purchase the day after it was reported, an equal amount each, held 12 months or until that insider reported a sale, would have turned $10,000 on April 4, 2011 into $8,811 by November 2, 2026, −0.8% a year. It held shares 6% of the time; the S&P 500 on those same days, with Treasury bills otherwise, made $13,874 (+2.1% a year), and held throughout $74,462 (+13.8%).
| Insider | Role | Purchases | 12 months after their purchases | Beat the S&P 500 | Sales | 12 months after their sales | Latest report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkin Neil D Jr | Chairman, President and CEO | 3 | — | — | 2 | −47.4% (1) | October 4, 2018 |
| Weber Craig H | Director | 3 | −40.2% (1) | 0% | 0 | — | June 23, 2011 |
| Frazier Randall H | Director | 0 | — | — | 1 | −52.8% (1) | October 17, 2018 |
| Nygren John A Jr | Director | 1 | — | — | 0 | — | April 7, 2016 |
| Smith Tracy G | EVP and CFO | 0 | — | — | 1 | — | July 10, 2026 |
| Williamson John B III | Director | 1 | — | — | 0 | — | October 26, 2017 |