Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Rex D Adams. Insiders are officers, directors, or significant investors in a company. It is illegal for insiders to make trades in their companies based on specific, non-public information. This does not mean it is illegal for them to make any trades in their own companies. However, they must report all trades to the SEC via a Form 4. Despite these restrictions, academic research suggests that insiders - in general - tend to outperform the market in their own companies.

Average Trade Profitability

The average trade profitability is the average return of all the open market purchases made by the insider in the last three years. To calculate this, we examine every open-market, unplanned purchase made by the insider, excluding all trades that were marked as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. We then calculate the average performance of those trades over 3, 6, and 12 months, averaging each of those durations to generate a final performance metric for each trade. Finally, we average all of the performance metrics to calculate a performance metric for the insider. This list only includes insiders that have made at least three trades in the last two years.

If this insiders trade profitability is "N/A", then the insider either has not made any open-market purchases in the last three years, or the trades they’ve made are too recent to calculate a reliable performance metric.

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Companies with Reported Insider Positions

The SEC filings indicate Rex D Adams has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:Y / Alleghany Corp. Director 7
US:IVZ / Invesco Ltd. Director 67,974
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Rex D Adams. Non-planned trade are trades that were not made as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. The stock performance is charted as cumulative percent change in share price. For example, if an insider trade was made on January 1, 2019, the chart will show the daily percent change of the security to the present day. If the share price were to go from $10 to $15 during this time, the cumulative percent change in share price would be 50%. A change in price from $10 to $20 would be 100%, and a change in price of $10 to $5 would be -50%.

Ultimately, we are trying to determine how closely the insider’s trades correlate to excess returns (positive or negative) in the share price in order to see if the insider is timing their trades to profit from insider information. Consider the situation where an insider was doing this. In this situation, we would expect either (a) positive returns after purchases, or (b) negative returns after sales. In the case of (a), the PURCHASE chart would show a series of upwardly sloping curves, indicating positive returns after each purchase transaction. In the case of (b), the SALE chart would show a series of downward sloping curves, indicating negative returns after each sale transaction.

However, this alone is not enough to draw conclusions. If, for example, the share price of the company was in a non-cyclical climb over many years, then we would expect all the post-purchase plots to be upwardly sloping. Likewise, non-cyclical declines over many years would result in downward sloping post-trade plots. Neither of these charts would suggest insider trading activity.

The strongest indicator would be a situation where the share price was extremely cyclical, and there were both positive signals in the PURCHASE chart and negative plots on the SALE chart. This situation would be highly suggestive of an insider that was timing trades to their financial advantage.

Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Rex D Adams as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).

File Date Tran Date Form Ticker Security Code 10b5-1 Shares Remaining Shares Percent
Change
Share
Price
Tran
Value
Remaining
Value
2015-04-02 2015-04-02 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -563 7 -98.77
2015-04-02 2015-04-02 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
M - Exercise 563 3,757 17.63 242.70 136,640 911,824
2015-01-15 2014-05-21 5 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
G - Gift -484 3,194 -13.16
2014-11-20 2014-11-18 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
S - Sale -250 3,678 -6.36 456.56 -114,140 1,679,229
2014-05-06 2014-05-02 4 IVZ Invesco Ltd.
Common Shares
A - Award 1,008 67,974 1.51
2014-04-29 2014-04-28 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
A - Award 321 3,928 8.90
2014-03-12 2014-03-12 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -1,148 8 -99.31
2014-03-12 2014-03-12 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
S - Sale -500 3,607 -12.17 398.00 -199,000 1,435,586
2014-03-12 2014-03-12 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
S - Sale -250 4,107 -5.74 398.40 -99,600 1,636,229
2014-03-12 2014-03-12 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
S - Sale -250 4,357 -5.43 398.50 -99,625 1,736,264
2014-03-12 2014-03-12 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
S - Sale -148 4,607 -3.11 399.00 -59,052 1,838,193
2014-03-12 2014-03-12 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,148 4,755 31.83 230.70 264,844 1,096,978
2014-02-04 2014-01-31 4 IVZ Invesco Ltd.
Common Shares
A - Award 714 66,534 1.08
2014-01-22 2013-06-20 5 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
G - Gift -535 3,607 -12.92
2013-11-05 2013-11-01 4 IVZ Invesco Ltd.
Common Shares
A - Award 701 65,406 1.08
2013-08-05 2013-08-01 4 IVZ Invesco Ltd.
Common Shares
A - Award 718 64,238 1.13
2013-05-03 2013-05-01 4 IVZ Invesco Ltd.
Common Shares
A - Award 755 63,106 1.21
2013-04-30 2013-04-29 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
A - Award 336 4,142 8.83
2013-02-05 2013-02-01 4 IVZ Invesco Ltd.
Common Shares
A - Award 855 61,972 1.40
2012-11-06 2012-11-02 4 IVZ Invesco Ltd.
Common Shares
A - Award 973 60,697 1.63
2012-07-31 2012-07-27 4 IVZ Invesco Ltd.
Common Shares
A - Award 1,073 59,310 1.84
2012-06-13 2012-06-13 4 IVZ Invesco Ltd.
Common Shares
P - Purchase 1,333 57,987 2.35 21.76 29,011 1,262,029
2012-05-01 2012-04-27 4 IVZ Invesco Ltd.
Common Shares
A - Award 946 56,654 1.70
2012-05-01 2012-04-30 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Option (right to buy)
A - Award 1 500 0.20
2012-05-01 2012-04-30 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
A - Award 250 3,806 7.03
2012-03-12 2012-03-09 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
S - Sale -65 3,556 -1.80 323.56 -21,031 1,150,579
2012-03-12 2012-03-09 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,200 3,621 -24.89 323.55 -388,260 1,171,575
2012-03-08 2012-03-06 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -1,171 8 -99.32
2012-03-08 2012-03-06 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -1,195 9 -99.25
2012-03-08 2012-03-06 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
F - Taxes -525 4,821 -9.82 324.54 -170,384 1,564,607
2012-03-08 2012-03-06 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,171 5,346 28.05 170.55 199,714 911,760
2012-03-08 2012-03-06 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
F - Taxes -576 4,175 -12.12 324.54 -186,935 1,354,954
2012-03-08 2012-03-06 4 Y ALLEGHANY CORP /DE
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,195 4,751 33.61 187.08 223,561 888,817
2012-01-31 2012-01-27 4 IVZ Invesco Ltd.
Common Shares
A - Award 1,033 55,708 1.89
2007-07-30 3 IVZ INVESCO PLC/LONDON/
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.10 per share
47,492
P
Open market or private purchase of non-derivative or derivative security
S
Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security
A
Grant, award, or other acquisition of securities from the company (such as an option)
C
Conversion of derivative
D
Sale or transfer of securities back to the company
F
Payment of exercise price or tax liability using portion of securities received from the company
G
Gift of securities by or to the insider
K
Equity swaps and similar hedging transactions
M
Exercise or conversion of derivative security received from the company (such as an option)
V
A transaction voluntarily reported on Form 4
J
Other (accompanied by a footnote describing the transaction)