Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:HHC / Howard Hughes Corporation Chief Administrative Officer 18,545
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Reuben Seth Davidsohn. 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 Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Reuben Seth Davidsohn 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
2020-01-03 2019-12-31 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
F - Taxes -593 18,545 -3.10 126.80 -75,192 2,351,506
2019-08-19 2019-08-15 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
A - Award 6,121 19,975 44.18
2019-02-22 2019-02-20 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
A - Award 2,952 13,854 27.08
2019-01-03 2018-12-31 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
F - Taxes -605 10,902 -5.26 97.62 -59,060 1,064,253
2018-04-05 2018-04-03 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
NQ Stock Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -25,000 35,000 -41.67
2018-04-05 2018-04-03 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
S - Sale -9,445 12,175 -43.69 137.10 -1,294,910 1,669,192
2018-04-05 2018-04-03 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
F - Taxes -15,555 21,620 -41.84 138.24 -2,150,323 2,988,749
2018-04-05 2018-04-03 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
M - Exercise 25,000 37,175 205.34 57.77 1,444,250 2,147,600
2018-02-21 2018-02-16 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
A - Award 2,463 12,175 25.36
2018-01-04 2017-12-31 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common Stock
F - Taxes -913 9,712 -8.59 131.27 -119,850 1,274,894
2017-03-21 2017-03-17 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
NQ Stock Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -20,000 60,000 -25.00
2017-03-21 2017-03-17 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
S - Sale -5,981 5,684 -51.27 118.78 -710,423 675,146
2017-03-21 2017-03-17 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
F - Taxes -14,019 11,665 -54.58 119.16 -1,670,504 1,390,001
2017-03-21 2017-03-17 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
M - Exercise 20,000 25,684 351.86 57.77 1,155,400 1,483,765
2017-02-27 2017-02-23 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
A - Award 1,072 5,684 23.24
2017-01-06 2017-01-04 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
NQ Stock Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise 20,000 80,000 33.33
2017-01-06 2017-01-04 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
S - Sale -6,950 4,612 -60.11 113.84 -791,188 525,030
2017-01-06 2017-01-04 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common sotck, par value $0.01 per share
F - Taxes -13,050 11,562 -53.02 113.91 -1,486,526 1,317,027
2017-01-06 2017-01-04 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
M - Exercise 20,000 24,612 433.65 57.77 1,155,400 1,421,835
2016-02-29 2016-02-25 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
A - Award 1,358 4,612 41.73
2015-02-27 2015-02-25 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01
A - Award 837 3,254 34.63
2014-06-11 2014-02-24 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
A - Award 917 2,417 61.13
2013-06-10 2013-06-06 4 HHC Howard Hughes Corp
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
A - Award 1,500 1,500
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)