89bio, Inc.
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Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Edward Morrow III Atkinson. 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 Edward Morrow III Atkinson has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:VRTX / Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated EVP, Chief Technical Ops. Off. 19,352
US:ETNB / 89bio, Inc. Director 0
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Edward Morrow III Atkinson. 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 ETNB / 89bio, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in ETNB / 89bio, Inc.. 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.

ETNB / 89bio, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales ETNB / 89bio, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in ETNB / 89bio, Inc.. 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 (%)
2023-06-01 ETNB Atkinson Edward Morrow III 6,250 17.9100 6,250 17.9100 111,938 144 6.6600 -70,312 -62.81
2023-03-01 ETNB Atkinson Edward Morrow III 10,000 13.6000 10,000 13.6000 136,000

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

ETNB / 89bio, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Edward Morrow III Atkinson 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
2025-02-28 2025-02-27 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
S - Sale X -2,650 19,352 -12.04 475.34 -1,259,651 9,198,780
2025-02-28 2025-02-26 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,482 22,002 -10.14 479.61 -1,190,392 10,552,379
2025-02-26 2025-02-25 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
S - Sale X -1,767 24,484 -6.73 480.95 -849,839 11,775,580
2025-02-26 2025-02-24 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,656 26,251 -5.93 483.28 -800,312 12,686,583
2025-02-19 2025-02-14 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,529 27,907 -5.19 463.46 -708,630 12,933,778
2025-02-14 2025-02-12 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
A - Award 6,211 29,436 26.74
2025-02-12 2025-02-11 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
S - Sale X -1,747 23,225 -7.00 459.83 -803,323 10,679,552
2025-02-12 2025-02-10 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
F - Taxes -876 24,972 -3.39 467.98 -409,950 11,686,397
2025-02-06 2025-02-04 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
A - Award 4,744 25,848 22.48
2025-02-06 2025-02-04 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
A - Award 5,132 21,104 32.13
2024-06-13 2024-06-12 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
S - Sale X -7,288 15,972 -31.33 478.00 -3,483,664 7,634,616
2024-06-13 2024-06-11 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
F - Taxes -6,824 23,260 -22.68 481.96 -3,288,895 11,210,390
2024-05-16 2024-05-14 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
A - Award 14,112 30,084 88.35
2024-02-27 2024-02-26 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
S - Sale X -883 15,972 -5.24 425.70 -375,893 6,799,280
2024-02-27 2024-02-23 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,654 16,855 -8.94 431.79 -714,181 7,277,820
2024-02-23 2024-02-21 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
S - Sale X -1,201 18,509 -6.09 421.77 -506,546 7,806,541
2024-02-21 2024-02-20 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
S - Sale X -801 19,710 -3.91 420.79 -337,053 8,293,771
2024-02-21 2024-02-20 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,125 20,511 -5.20 420.58 -473,152 8,626,516
2024-02-21 2024-02-16 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,501 21,636 -6.49 424.01 -636,439 9,173,880
2024-02-13 2024-02-12 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
S - Sale X -913 23,137 -3.80 420.24 -383,679 9,723,093
2024-02-13 2024-02-09 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
F - Taxes -832 24,050 -3.34 422.74 -351,720 10,166,897
2024-02-08 2024-02-07 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
A - Award 4,743 24,882 23.55
2024-02-08 2024-02-06 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
A - Award 3,934 20,139 24.28
2024-02-08 2024-02-06 4 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
A - Award 2,326 16,205 16.76
2023-09-05 3 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Common Stock
13,879
2023-06-05 2023-06-01 4 ETNB 89bio, Inc.
Common Stock
S - Sale -6,250 0 -100.00 17.91 -111,938
2023-06-05 2023-06-01 4 ETNB 89bio, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 6,250 6,250 2.61 16,312 16,312
2023-03-03 2023-03-01 4 ETNB 89bio, Inc.
Common Stock
S - Sale -10,000 0 -100.00 13.60 -136,000
2023-03-03 2023-03-01 4 ETNB 89bio, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 10,000 10,000 4.44 44,400 44,400
2022-05-27 2022-05-25 4 ETNB 89bio, Inc.
Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 6,250 6,250
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)