The Marzetti Company
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Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:MZTI / The Marzetti Company President and CEO, Director 59,011
US:WTRG / Essential Utilities, Inc. Director 13,134
US:KRFT / EVP & Pres., Meals & Desserts 29,050
US:HNZ / Heinz H J Co VP-Office of Chrmn & Strategy 8,505
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 Alan Ciesinski. 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 MZTI / The Marzetti Company - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in MZTI / The Marzetti 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.

MZTI / The Marzetti Company Insider Trades
Insider Sales MZTI / The Marzetti Company - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in MZTI / The Marzetti 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 (%)
2025-02-13 LANC Ciesinski David Alan 17,000 191.1900 17,000 191.1900 3,250,230 83 159.6700 -535,840 -16.49
2022-11-10 LANC Ciesinski David Alan 137 210.1387 137 210.1387 28,789
2022-11-10 LANC Ciesinski David Alan 373 208.3541 373 208.3541 77,716
2022-11-10 LANC Ciesinski David Alan 1,715 209.2524 1,715 209.2524 358,868
2022-11-08 LANC Ciesinski David Alan 7,926 210.0073 7,926 210.0073 1,664,518

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

MZTI / The Marzetti Company Insider Trades
Insider Purchases WTRG / Essential Utilities, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in MZTI / The Marzetti 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.

WTRG / Essential Utilities, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales WTRG / Essential Utilities, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in MZTI / The Marzetti 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 (%)
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.

WTRG / Essential Utilities, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by David Alan Ciesinski 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
2025-08-25 2025-08-21 4 MZTI MARZETTI CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -5,840 59,011 -9.01 180.29 -1,052,894 10,639,093
2025-08-25 2025-08-21 4 MZTI MARZETTI CO
Common Stock
A - Award 12,881 64,851 24.79
2025-08-19 2025-08-16 4 MZTI MARZETTI CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,674 51,970 -4.89 180.29 -482,095 9,369,671
2025-06-24 2025-06-23 4 WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 3,608 13,134 37.88 37.42 135,011 491,474
2025-02-18 2025-02-13 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -17,000 54,644 -23.73 191.19 -3,250,230 10,447,386
2024-08-27 2024-08-23 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,839 71,644 -5.09 198.38 -761,581 14,212,737
2024-08-27 2024-08-23 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 8,467 75,483 12.63
2024-08-20 2024-08-17 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,466 67,016 -3.55 198.38 -489,205 13,294,634
2024-08-15 2024-08-13 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 6,981 69,482 11.17
2024-06-24 2024-06-21 4 WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 3,259 9,526 52.00 36.82 119,996 350,747
2024-03-01 2024-02-29 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -33,906 62,501 -35.17 206.92 -7,015,830 12,932,707
2024-03-01 2024-02-29 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,499 96,407 -2.53 206.92 -517,093 19,948,536
2024-03-01 2024-02-29 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 39,416 98,906 66.26 177.99 7,015,654 17,604,279
2024-02-27 2024-02-23 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,961 59,490 -3.19 199.81 -391,827 11,886,697
2024-02-08 2024-02-06 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -44,986 61,451 -42.27 193.29 -8,695,344 11,877,864
2024-02-08 2024-02-06 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -4,486 106,437 -4.04 193.29 -867,099 20,573,208
2024-02-08 2024-02-06 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 56,569 110,923 104.08 153.71 8,695,221 17,049,974
2023-10-10 2023-08-15 4/A LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 6,943 54,354 14.64
2023-08-17 2023-08-15 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 361 47,772 0.76
2023-06-22 2023-06-20 4 WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 2,173 6,267 53.08 41.42 90,017 259,610
2023-06-02 2022-08-30 4/A LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -25,976 56,786 -31.39 172.10 -4,470,470 9,772,871
2023-06-02 2022-08-30 4/A LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,696 82,762 -3.15 172.10 -463,982 14,243,340
2023-06-02 2022-08-30 4/A LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 15,654 85,458 22.43 154.48 2,418,230 13,201,552
2023-03-22 2023-03-20 4 WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 702 4,094 20.70 42.76 30,021 175,080
2023-02-28 2023-02-25 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,449 46,925 -3.00 192.42 -278,817 9,029,308
2022-12-21 2022-12-20 4 WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 591 3,392 21.10 46.56 27,517 157,932
2022-11-10 2022-11-10 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,715 48,374 -3.42 209.25 -358,868 10,122,376
2022-11-10 2022-11-10 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -373 50,089 -0.74 208.35 -77,716 10,436,249
2022-11-10 2022-11-10 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -137 50,462 -0.27 210.14 -28,789 10,604,019
2022-11-10 2022-11-08 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -11,584 50,599 -18.63 208.76 -2,418,276 10,563,047
2022-11-10 2022-11-08 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -7,926 62,183 -11.31 210.01 -1,664,518 13,058,884
2022-11-10 2022-11-08 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,845 70,109 -2.56 208.76 -385,162 14,635,955
2022-11-10 2022-11-08 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 15,654 71,954 27.80 154.48 2,418,230 11,115,454
2022-09-22 2022-09-20 4 WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 600 2,801 27.26 45.84 27,507 128,412
2022-08-31 2022-08-30 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -11,294 56,300 -16.71 172.10 -1,943,697 9,689,230
2022-08-31 2022-08-30 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,210 67,594 -3.17 172.10 -380,341 11,632,927
2022-08-31 2022-08-30 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 16,946 69,804 32.06 121.09 2,051,991 8,452,566
2022-08-31 2019-04-18 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -927 13,385 -6.48 155.25 -143,917 2,078,021
2022-08-18 2022-08-16 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 7,731 53,785 16.79
2022-06-23 2022-06-21 4 WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 656 2,201 42.46 41.92 27,500 92,266
2022-04-04 2022-03-31 4 WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 532 1,545 52.52 51.66 27,483 79,815
2022-03-01 2022-02-26 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,169 46,054 -2.48 168.09 -196,497 7,741,217
2022-01-04 2021-12-31 4 WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 466 1,013 85.19 53.65 25,001 54,347
2021-10-04 2021-09-30 4 WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 537 537 46.60 25,022 25,022
2021-08-19 2021-08-17 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 5,438 47,223 13.01
2021-03-02 2021-02-27 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,228 41,785 -2.85 174.67 -214,495 7,298,586
2021-02-25 2021-02-23 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Stock Appreciation Right
A - Award 39,416 39,416
2021-02-25 2021-02-23 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 4,326 43,013 11.18
2020-09-03 2020-09-02 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Stock Appreciation Right
M - Exercise -3,382 0 -100.00
2020-09-03 2020-09-02 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Stock Appreciation Right
M - Exercise -33,892 16,946 -66.67
2020-09-03 2020-09-02 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Stock Appreciation Right
M - Exercise -15,653 31,308 -33.33
2020-09-03 2020-09-02 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -38,556 38,687 -49.92 179.92 -6,936,996 6,960,565
2020-09-03 2020-09-02 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -6,445 77,243 -7.70 179.92 -1,159,584 13,897,561
2020-09-03 2020-09-02 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 52,927 83,688 172.06
2020-07-02 2020-06-30 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -320 30,761 -1.03 154.99 -49,597 4,767,647
2020-06-10 2020-06-08 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Stock Appreciation Right
M - Exercise -6,762 3,382 -66.66
2020-06-10 2020-06-08 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Stock Appreciation Right
M - Exercise -36,640 0 -100.00
2020-06-10 2020-06-08 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -34,551 31,081 -52.64 167.23 -5,777,964 5,197,676
2020-06-10 2020-06-08 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,438 65,632 -4.98 167.23 -574,937 10,975,639
2020-06-10 2020-06-08 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 43,402 69,070 169.09
2020-02-27 2020-02-25 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Stock Appreciation Right
A - Award 56,569 56,569
2020-02-27 2020-02-25 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 4,782 25,668 22.90
2020-02-25 2020-02-21 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -750 20,886 -3.47 156.95 -117,712 3,278,058
2019-11-18 2019-11-14 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Stock Appreciation Right
M - Exercise -47,707 0 -100.00
2019-11-18 2019-11-14 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -34,428 21,636 -61.41 156.06 -5,372,834 3,376,514
2019-11-18 2019-11-14 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -5,955 56,064 -9.60 156.06 -929,337 8,749,348
2019-11-18 2019-11-14 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 47,707 62,019 333.34
2019-02-28 2019-02-26 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Stock Appreciation Right
A - Award 46,961 46,961
2019-02-28 2019-02-26 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 3,852 14,312 36.83
2018-03-01 2018-02-27 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Stock Appreciation Right
A - Award 50,838 50,838
2018-03-01 2018-02-27 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 4,047 10,460 63.11
2017-07-05 2017-06-30 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Stock Appreciation Right
A - Award 10,144 10,144
2017-07-05 2017-06-30 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 714 6,413 12.53
2017-02-23 2017-02-21 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Stock Appreciation Right
A - Award 36,640 36,640
2017-02-23 2017-02-21 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 2,591 5,699 83.37
2016-04-20 2016-04-18 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Stock Appreciation Right
A - Award 47,707 47,707
2016-04-20 2016-04-18 4 LANC LANCASTER COLONY CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 3,108 3,108
2014-07-15 2014-07-14 4 KRFT Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
Stock Options (right to buy)
A - Award 29,050 29,050
2014-07-15 2014-07-14 4 KRFT Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 4,151 4,151
2014-07-15 3 KRFT Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
No securities are beneficially owned.
0
2006-02-10 3 HNZ HEINZ H J CO
Common Stock, $.25 Par Value
8,505
2006-02-10 3 HNZ HEINZ H J CO
Common Stock, $.25 Par Value
577
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)