Weatherford International plc
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ IE00BLNN3691

Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:FI / Fiserv, Inc. SVP, General Counsel & Sec. 58
US:WFT / Weatherford International plc VP & Co-General Counsel 64,796
VP & Co-General Counsel 36,856
US:LUFK / Lufkin Industries Inc VP/General Counsel 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 Alejandro Cestero. 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 WFRD / Weatherford International plc - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in WFRD / Weatherford International plc. 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.

WFRD / Weatherford International plc Insider Trades
Insider Sales WFRD / Weatherford International plc - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in WFRD / Weatherford International plc. 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.

WFRD / Weatherford International plc Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Alejandro Cestero 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
2018-05-10 2018-05-10 4 FI FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
S - Sale -5,900 58 -99.03 7.48 -44,112 434
2018-03-05 2018-03-05 4 FI FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
S - Sale -2,440 5,958 -29.05 5.50 -13,420 32,769
2018-02-26 2018-02-23 4 FI FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Restricted Stock Unit
M - Exercise -4,198 73,250 -5.42
2018-02-26 2018-02-23 4 FI FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
F - Taxes -1,245 8,398 -12.91 6.18 -7,694 51,900
2018-02-26 2018-02-23 4 FI FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
M - Exercise 4,198 9,643 77.10
2018-02-22 2018-02-20 4 FI FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Restricted Stock Unit
M - Exercise -4,270 77,448 -5.23
2018-02-22 2018-02-20 4 FI FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
F - Taxes -1,267 5,445 -18.88 6.11 -7,741 33,269
2018-02-22 2018-02-20 4 FI FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
M - Exercise 4,270 6,712 174.86
2018-02-21 2018-02-19 4 FI FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Restricted Stock Unit
A - Award 26,100 81,718 46.93
2017-09-12 2017-09-12 4 FI FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
S - Sale -7,355 2,442 -75.07 6.81 -50,088 16,630
2017-09-05 2017-09-01 4 FI FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Restricted Stock Unit
M - Exercise -3,362 55,618 -5.70
2017-09-05 2017-09-01 4 FI FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
F - Taxes -920 9,797 -8.58 6.28 -5,778 61,525
2017-09-05 2017-09-01 4 FI FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
M - Exercise 3,362 10,717 45.71
2017-08-07 2017-08-03 4 FI FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Restricted Stock Unit
A - Award 21,118 58,980 55.78
2017-03-21 2017-02-23 4/A FI Frank's International N.V.
Restricted Stock Unit
M - Exercise -4,197 37,862 -9.98
2017-03-21 2017-02-20 4/A FI Frank's International N.V.
Restricted Stock Unit
A - Award 12,812 42,059 43.81
2017-02-27 2017-02-23 4 FI Frank's International N.V.
Restricted Stock Unit
M - Exercise -4,197 50,673 -7.65
2017-02-27 2017-02-23 4 FI Frank's International N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
F - Taxes -1,371 7,355 -15.71 12.52 -17,165 92,085
2017-02-27 2017-02-23 4 FI Frank's International N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
M - Exercise 4,197 8,726 92.67
2017-02-22 2017-02-20 4 FI Frank's International N.V.
Restricted Stock Unit
A - Award 25,623 54,870 87.61
2017-01-03 2016-12-31 4 FI Frank's International N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
A - Award 861 4,529 23.47 10.46 9,006 47,373
2016-12-05 2016-12-01 4 FI Frank's International N.V.
Restricted Stock Unit
A - Award 9,929 29,247 51.40
2016-09-06 2016-09-01 4 FI Frank's International N.V.
Restricted Stock Unit
M - Exercise -3,362 19,318 -14.82
2016-09-06 2016-09-01 4 FI Frank's International N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
F - Taxes -920 3,668 -20.05 11.49 -10,571 42,145
2016-09-06 2016-09-01 4 FI Frank's International N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
M - Exercise 3,362 4,588 274.23
2016-07-05 2016-06-30 4 FI Frank's International N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
A - Award 1,026 1,226 513.00 12.33 12,651 15,117
2016-02-25 2016-02-23 4 FI Frank's International N.V.
Restricted Stock Unit
A - Award 12,593 22,680 124.84
2015-08-05 2015-08-04 4 FI Frank's International N.V.
Restricted Stock Unit
A - Award 10,087 10,087
2015-08-05 3 FI Frank's International N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
400
2015-08-05 3 FI Frank's International N.V.
Common stock, par value Euro 0.01 per share
400
2014-07-11 2014-07-11 4 WFT Weatherford International plc
Ordinary Shares
F - Taxes -2,735 64,796 -4.05 22.10 -60,444 1,431,992
2014-03-03 2014-02-27 4 WFT Weatherford International Ltd./Switzerland
Performance Units
A - Award 36,856 36,856
2014-03-03 2014-02-27 4 WFT Weatherford International Ltd./Switzerland
Registered Shares
A - Award 36,856 67,531 120.15
2013-07-11 2013-07-11 4 WFT Weatherford International Ltd./Switzerland
Registered Shares
A - Award 30,000 30,675 4,444.44
2013-07-11 3 WFT Weatherford International Ltd./Switzerland
Registered Shares
675
2013-07-02 2013-07-01 4 LUFK LUFKIN INDUSTRIES INC
OPTION TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
D - Sale to Issuer -11,900 0 -100.00 57.40 -683,060
2013-07-02 2013-07-01 4 LUFK LUFKIN INDUSTRIES INC
OPTION TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
D - Sale to Issuer -25,000 0 -100.00 84.74 -2,118,500
2013-07-02 2013-07-01 4 LUFK LUFKIN INDUSTRIES INC
COMMON STOCK
D - Sale to Issuer -17,550 0 -100.00 88.50 -1,553,175
2013-07-02 2013-07-01 4 LUFK LUFKIN INDUSTRIES INC
COMMON STOCK
A - Award 8,616 0 -100.00
2012-12-19 2012-12-17 4 LUFK LUFKIN INDUSTRIES INC
COMMON STOCK
A - Award 4,538 8,934 103.23
2012-11-05 2012-11-01 4 LUFK LUFKIN INDUSTRIES INC
COMMON STOCK
F - Taxes -424 4,396 -8.80 50.47 -21,399 221,866
2012-01-19 2011-05-25 4 LUFK LUFKIN INDUSTRIES INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 20 20 82.89 1,658 1,658
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)