Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
US ˙ NasdaqCM ˙ US70319R1095

Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:PBHC / Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. President and CEO 55,704
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Dowd James A.. 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 PBHC / Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in PBHC / Pathfinder Bancorp, 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 (%)
2024-03-13 PBHC Dowd James A. 425 12.5500 425 12.5500 5,334 219 18.9100 2,704 50.70
2024-03-12 PBHC Dowd James A. 200 12.0200 200 12.0200 2,404
2023-05-04 PBHC Dowd James A. 820 12.9740 820 12.9740 10,639
2021-08-31 PBHC Dowd James A. 250 16.5399 250 16.5399 4,135
2021-02-05 PBHC Dowd James A. 880 11.7900 880 11.7900 10,375
2019-05-13 PBHC Dowd James A. 4,000 14.3500 4,000 14.3500 57,400
2014-10-17 PBHC Dowd James A. 5,000 10.0000 8,236 6.0709 50,000

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

PBHC / Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales PBHC / Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in PBHC / Pathfinder Bancorp, 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.

PBHC / Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Dowd James A. 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
2025-02-04 2025-01-31 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 35,000 55,704 169.05
2024-03-14 2024-03-13 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
P - Purchase 425 18,052 2.41 12.55 5,334 226,553
2024-03-13 2024-03-12 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
P - Purchase 200 17,627 1.15 12.02 2,404 211,877
2023-05-05 2023-05-04 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
P - Purchase 820 17,427 4.94 12.97 10,639 226,098
2021-09-01 2021-08-31 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
P - Purchase 250 20,704 1.22 16.54 4,135 342,442
2021-06-16 2021-06-15 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Stock Options
M - Exercise -6,237 0 -100.00
2021-06-16 2021-06-15 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 6,237 20,454 43.87 5.46 34,078 111,757
2021-02-05 2021-02-05 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
P - Purchase 880 16,607 5.60 11.79 10,375 195,797
2019-05-13 2019-05-13 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
P - Purchase 4,000 14,217 39.15 14.35 57,400 204,014
2018-12-13 2018-12-12 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Stock Options
M - Exercise -4,000 6,237 -39.07
2018-12-13 2018-12-12 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise -4,000 10,217 -28.14 14.80 -59,202 151,217
2018-12-13 2018-12-12 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 4,000 14,217 39.15 5.46 21,855 77,679
2018-06-01 2018-06-01 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Stock Options
M - Exercise -6,000 10,237 -36.95
2018-06-01 2018-06-01 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise -6,000 10,217 -37.00 15.62 -93,746 159,633
2018-06-01 2018-06-01 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 6,000 16,217 58.73 5.46 32,783 88,606
2017-09-13 2017-09-11 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Stock Options
M - Exercise -6,000 16,237 -26.98
2017-09-13 2017-09-11 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise -6,000 10,217 -37.00 15.21 -91,288 155,449
2017-09-13 2017-09-11 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 6,000 16,217 58.73 5.46 32,783 88,606
2017-02-23 2017-02-22 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
J - Other -11,338 0 -100.00
2017-02-23 2017-02-22 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
W - Other 2,836 10,217 38.42 15.09 42,795 154,175
2017-02-23 2016-05-06 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Stock Options
A - Award 15,816 15,816
2017-02-23 2016-05-06 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 7,381 7,381
2016-05-17 2016-05-06 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Stock Options
A - Award 15,816 15,816
2016-05-17 2016-05-06 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 7,381 7,381
2014-10-21 2014-10-17 4 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 11,338 78.89 10.00 50,000 113,380
2014-10-16 3 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
37,749
2014-10-16 3 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
40,757
2014-10-16 3 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
47,138
2014-10-16 3 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
37,749
2014-10-16 3 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
40,757
2014-10-16 3 PBHC Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Common Stock
47,138
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)