Woodward, Inc.
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US9807451037

Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:WWD / Woodward, Inc. Director 3,703
US:CIR / Circor International Inc Exec VP and CFO 10,968
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Rajeev Bhalla. 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 WWD / Woodward, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in WWD / Woodward, 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 (%)
2023-08-24 WWD BHALLA RAJEEV 399 125.0700 399 125.0700 49,903 327 187.2300 24,803 49.70
2023-05-08 WWD BHALLA RAJEEV 461 108.2300 461 108.2300 49,894
2023-02-07 WWD BHALLA RAJEEV 484 103.0550 484 103.0550 49,879
2022-09-06 WWD BHALLA RAJEEV 435 91.8266 435 91.8266 39,945

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

WWD / Woodward, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales WWD / Woodward, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in WWD / Woodward, 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 (%)
2022-05-09 WWD BHALLA RAJEEV 33 99.4076 33 99.4076 3,280 144 80.2600 -631 -19.25

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

WWD / Woodward, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Rajeev Bhalla 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
2024-10-03 2024-10-01 4 WWD Woodward, Inc.
Woodward, Inc. Common Stock
A - Award 856 3,703 30.07
2023-11-29 2023-11-27 4 WWD Woodward, Inc.
Woodward, Inc. Common Stock
A - Award 1,063 2,842 59.75
2023-08-25 2023-08-24 4 WWD Woodward, Inc.
Woodward, Inc. Common Stock
P - Purchase 399 1,779 28.91 125.07 49,903 222,500
2023-05-09 2023-05-08 4 WWD Woodward, Inc.
Woodward, Inc. Common Stock
P - Purchase 461 1,380 50.16 108.23 49,894 149,357
2023-02-08 2023-02-07 4 WWD Woodward, Inc.
Woodward, Inc. Common Stock
P - Purchase 484 919 111.26 103.06 49,879 94,708
2022-10-25 2022-05-09 4 WWD Woodward, Inc.
Woodward, Inc. Common Stock
S - Sale -33 435 -7.05 99.41 -3,280 43,242
2022-09-08 2022-09-06 4 WWD Woodward, Inc.
Woodward, Inc. Common Stock
P - Purchase 435 468 1,318.18 91.83 39,945 42,975
2021-10-05 2021-10-01 4 WWD Woodward, Inc.
Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)
M - Exercise 3,000 3,000
2021-09-29 3 WWD Woodward, Inc.
Woodward, Inc. Common Stock
33
2018-03-07 2018-03-05 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Stock Options
A - Award 10,968 10,968 42.62 467,456 467,456
2018-03-07 2018-03-05 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Restricted Stock Unit (MSP)
A - Award 1,415 1,415
2018-03-07 2018-03-05 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Restricted Stock Unit
A - Award 6,129 6,129
2018-02-27 2018-02-23 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Restricted Stock Unit
M - Exercise -730 730 -50.00
2018-02-27 2018-02-23 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Management Stock Purchase
M - Exercise -1,788 0 -100.00
2018-02-27 2018-02-23 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -383 12,601 -2.95
2018-02-27 2018-02-23 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -825 12,984 -5.97
2018-02-27 2018-02-23 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 730 13,809 5.58
2018-02-27 2018-02-23 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,788 13,079 15.84
2017-03-24 2017-03-23 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Restricted Stock Unit
M - Exercise -730 1,460 -33.33
2017-03-24 2017-03-23 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -344 11,291 -2.96
2017-03-24 2017-03-23 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 730 11,635 6.69
2017-03-01 2017-02-27 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Stock Options
A - Award 16,635 16,635 60.99 1,014,569 1,014,569
2017-03-01 2017-02-27 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Restricted Stock Unit (MSP)
A - Award 1,034 1,034
2016-02-25 2016-02-23 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Stock Options
A - Award 31,560 31,560 38.89 1,227,368 1,227,368
2016-02-25 2016-02-23 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Restricted Stock Unit (MSP)
A - Award 37 37
2016-02-25 2016-02-23 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Restricted Stock Unit
A - Award 2,190 2,190
2015-12-02 2015-12-02 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Restricted Stock Unit
M - Exercise -9,454 0 -100.00
2015-12-02 2015-12-02 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -4,453 10,905 -28.99
2015-12-02 2015-12-02 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 9,454 15,358 160.13
2015-02-24 2015-02-23 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Stock Options
A - Award 22,368 22,368 51.84 1,159,557 1,159,557
2015-02-24 2015-02-23 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Restricted Stock Unit (MSP)
A - Award 1,788 1,788
2014-12-03 2014-12-02 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Restricted Stock Unit
M - Exercise -9,454 9,454 -50.00
2014-12-03 2014-12-02 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,550 5,904 -37.55
2014-12-03 2014-12-02 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 9,454 9,454
2014-03-05 2014-03-03 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Stock Options
A - Award 11,901 11,901 71.56 851,636 851,636
2013-12-03 2013-12-02 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Stock Option
A - Award 100,000 100,000 79.33 7,933,000 7,933,000
2013-12-03 2013-12-02 4 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Restricted Stock Unit
A - Award 18,908 18,908
2013-12-03 3 CIR CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL INC
Common Stock
0
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)