Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
US ˙ NasdaqCM ˙ US29667J1016

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Eric S Bader. 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 Eric S Bader has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:ESQ / Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. EVP and COO 132,648
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Eric S Bader. 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 ESQ / Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in ESQ / Esquire Financial Holdings, 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 (%)
2020-05-15 ESQ Bader Eric S 1,000 11.9300 1,000 11.9300 11,930 299 26.0000 14,070 117.94
2017-07-27 ESQ Bader Eric S 1,000 14.7683 1,000 14.7683 14,768

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

ESQ / Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales ESQ / Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in ESQ / Esquire Financial Holdings, 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 (%)
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.

ESQ / Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Eric S Bader 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
2025-02-03 2025-01-30 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 4,352 132,648 3.39
2025-01-16 2025-01-15 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,252 128,296 -1.73 83.24 -187,456 10,679,359
2025-01-16 2025-01-15 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 15,000 130,548 12.98 12.50 187,500 1,631,850
2024-12-18 2024-12-16 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -6,257 115,548 -5.14 78.76 -492,801 9,100,560
2024-12-12 2024-12-10 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,772 121,805 -2.23 79.62 -220,707 9,698,114
2024-11-08 2024-11-06 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,009 124,577 -2.36 73.86 -222,245 9,201,257
2024-11-08 2024-11-06 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 17,785 127,586 16.20 12.50 222,312 1,594,825
2024-07-30 2024-07-26 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,381 109,801 -1.24 59.30 -81,893 6,511,199
2024-07-30 2024-07-26 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 6,550 111,182 6.26 12.50 81,875 1,389,775
2024-01-25 2024-01-23 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,031 104,632 -0.98 49.31 -50,839 5,159,404
2023-12-21 2023-12-19 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,765 105,663 -2.55 49.71 -137,448 5,252,508
2023-12-19 2023-12-15 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 13,500 108,428 14.22
2023-12-12 2023-12-10 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,453 94,928 -2.52 47.27 -115,953 4,487,247
2023-01-31 2023-01-23 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,034 97,381 -1.05 41.22 -42,621 4,014,045
2022-12-21 2022-12-19 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 12,500 98,415 14.55
2022-12-13 2022-12-10 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,762 85,956 -2.01 42.25 -74,444 3,631,641
2022-12-13 2022-12-10 4/A ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,803 85,915 -2.06 42.25 -76,177 3,629,909
2022-01-25 2022-01-23 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,034 87,718 -1.17 33.44 -34,577 2,933,290
2021-12-13 2021-12-09 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 15,225 88,752 20.71
2020-12-18 2020-12-16 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 17,000 73,527 30.07
2020-05-18 2020-05-15 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
P - Purchase 1,000 2,000 100.00 11.93 11,930 23,860
2020-01-06 2020-01-02 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Stock Options
M - Exercise -20,000 0 -100.00
2020-01-06 2020-01-02 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -7,223 56,527 -11.33 25.96 -187,509 1,467,441
2020-01-06 2020-01-02 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 20,000 63,750 45.71 12.50 250,000 796,875
2019-12-23 2019-12-19 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 16,250 43,750 59.09
2018-12-21 2018-12-10 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 15,000 27,500 120.00
2018-02-07 2018-01-23 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 7,500 12,500 150.00
2018-01-11 2018-01-09 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Stock Options
M - Exercise -5,000 0 -100.00
2018-01-11 2018-01-09 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 5,000 5,000 10.00 50,000 50,000
2017-07-27 2017-07-27 4 ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Common Stock
P - Purchase 1,000 1,000 14.77 14,768 14,768
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)