The Toro Company
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Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of David H Alkire. 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 David H Alkire has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:TTC / The Toro Company VP, RLC Businesses 4,600
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by David H Alkire. 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 Purchases TTC / The Toro Company - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in TTC / The Toro Company. This analysis helps to understand if the insider consistently generates abnormal returns, and is worth following. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market purchases that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Max
Price at
Max
Max
Profit ($)
Max Return (%)
There are no known unplanned open-market trades for this insider and security combination

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

TTC / The Toro Company Insider Trades
Insider Sales TTC / The Toro Company - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in TTC / The Toro Company. A consistent pattern of loss avoidance may suggest that future sale transactions may predict declines in price. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market sales that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Min
Price at
Min
Max Loss
Avoided ($)
Max Loss
Avoided (%)
2017-12-11 TTC ALKIRE DAVID H 13,800 65.8350 13,800 65.8350 908,523 317 54.5000 -156,423 -17.22
2017-12-11 TTC ALKIRE DAVID H 9,200 65.8240 9,200 65.8240 605,581
2016-12-12 TTC ALKIRE DAVID H 5,899 55.8420 5,899 55.8420 329,412
2016-12-12 TTC ALKIRE DAVID H 12,000 55.7220 12,000 55.7220 668,664
2016-03-21 TTC ALKIRE DAVID H 1,200 85.0850 2,400 42.5425 102,102
2015-12-14 TTC ALKIRE DAVID H 2,467 75.7440 4,934 37.8720 186,860
2015-06-04 TTC ALKIRE DAVID H 1,000 69.0000 2,000 34.5000 69,000
2014-12-11 TTC ALKIRE DAVID H 2,467 62.4940 4,934 31.2470 154,173
2014-12-09 TTC ALKIRE DAVID H 1,740 63.2740 3,480 31.6370 110,097
2014-12-09 TTC ALKIRE DAVID H 2,466 63.2960 4,932 31.6480 156,088

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

TTC / The Toro Company Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by David H Alkire 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
2017-12-13 2017-12-11 4 TTC TORO CO
Non-Qualified Stock Option
M - Exercise -9,200 4,600 -66.67
2017-12-13 2017-12-11 4 TTC TORO CO
Non-Qualified Stock Option
M - Exercise -13,800 0 -100.00
2017-12-13 2017-12-11 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -9,200 969 -90.47 65.82 -605,581 63,780
2017-12-13 2017-12-11 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 9,200 10,169 949.48 38.82 357,144 394,759
2017-12-13 2017-12-11 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -13,800 969 -93.44 65.84 -908,523 63,791
2017-12-13 2017-12-11 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 13,800 14,769 1,424.23 31.38 432,975 463,376
2017-12-11 2017-12-07 4 TTC TORO CO
Restricted Stock Units
A - Award 5,722 5,722
2016-12-14 2016-12-12 4 TTC TORO CO
Non-Qualified Stock Option
M - Exercise -12,000 0 -100.00
2016-12-14 2016-12-12 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -12,000 958 -92.61 55.72 -668,664 53,391
2016-12-14 2016-12-12 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 12,000 12,958 1,252.39 29.75 357,000 385,505
2016-12-14 2016-12-12 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -5,899 958 -86.03 55.84 -329,412 53,506
2016-12-12 2016-12-09 4 TTC TORO CO
Non-Qualified Stock Option
A - Award 12,600 12,600
2016-12-12 2016-12-08 4 TTC TORO CO
Performance Share Units
A - Award 4,876 4,876
2016-08-31 2016-06-16 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
G - Gift -30 3,418 -0.87
2016-03-23 2016-03-21 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,200 3,424 -25.95 85.08 -102,102 291,368
2015-12-15 2015-12-14 4 TTC TORO CO
Non-Qualified Stock Option
M - Exercise -2,467 0 -100.00
2015-12-15 2015-12-14 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,467 4,605 -34.88 75.74 -186,860 348,818
2015-12-15 2015-12-14 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 2,467 7,072 53.57 42.06 103,762 297,458
2015-12-07 2015-12-04 4 TTC TORO CO
Non-Qualified Stock Option
A - Award 6,900 6,900
2015-12-07 2015-12-03 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,096 4,605 -19.22 74.33 -81,466 342,306
2015-12-07 2015-12-03 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
A - Award 3,259 5,701 133.44
2015-06-08 2015-06-04 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,000 2,442 -29.05 69.00 -69,000 168,513
2015-06-03 2015-06-01 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -691 3,442 -16.72 68.43 -47,285 235,551
2014-12-15 2014-12-11 4 TTC TORO CO
Non-Qualified Stock Option
M - Exercise -2,467 2,467 -50.00
2014-12-15 2014-12-11 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,467 4,117 -37.47 62.49 -154,173 257,302
2014-12-15 2014-12-11 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 2,467 6,584 59.92 42.06 103,762 276,932
2014-12-11 2014-12-09 4 TTC TORO CO
Non-Qualified Stock Option
M - Exercise -2,466 4,934 -33.32
2014-12-11 2014-12-09 4 TTC TORO CO
Non-Qualified Stock Option
M - Exercise -1,740 0 -100.00
2014-12-11 2014-12-09 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,466 4,117 -37.46 63.30 -156,088 260,604
2014-12-11 2014-12-09 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 2,466 6,583 59.89 42.06 103,720 276,890
2014-12-11 2014-12-09 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,740 4,117 -29.71 63.27 -110,097 260,513
2014-12-11 2014-12-09 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,740 5,857 42.26 28.23 49,120 165,349
2014-12-09 2014-12-08 4 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -23 4,117 -0.56 62.62 -1,440 257,820
2014-12-09 2014-12-05 4 TTC TORO CO
Non-Qualified Stock Option
A - Award 6,900 6,900 62.75 432,975 432,975
2014-12-09 3 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
13,657
2014-12-09 3 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
14,893
2014-12-09 3 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
13,657
2014-12-09 3 TTC TORO CO
Common Stock
14,893
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)