Introduction
This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Robert E Farrell. 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 Robert E Farrell has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:
| Security | Title | Latest Reported Holdings |
|---|---|---|
| US:VLY / Valley National Bancorp | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT | 71,499 |
How to Interpret the Charts
The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Robert E Farrell. 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 Robert E Farrell as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).
| File Date | Tran Date | Form | Ticker | Security | Code | Shares | Remaining Shares | Percent Change |
Share Price |
Tran Value |
Remaining Value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-12 |
|
4 | VLY |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
Common Stock |
S - Sale | -15,000 | 71,499 | -17.34 | 10.37 | -155,550 | 741,445 | |
| 2014-03-12 |
|
4/A | VLY |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
Common Stock |
A - Award | 28,352 | 128,351 | 28.35 | ||||
| 2014-02-25 |
|
4 | VLY |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
Common Stock |
S - Sale | -10,000 | 80,828 | -11.01 | 10.00 | -100,000 | 808,280 | |
| 2014-02-25 |
|
4 | VLY |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
Common Stock |
S - Sale | -20,000 | 90,828 | -18.05 | 10.00 | -200,000 | 908,280 | |
| 2014-02-25 |
|
4 | VLY |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
Common Stock |
S - Sale | -10,000 | 110,828 | -8.28 | 9.92 | -99,200 | 1,099,414 | |
| 2014-02-11 |
|
4 | VLY |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
Common Stock |
F - Taxes | -1,852 | 120,828 | -1.51 | 9.57 | -17,724 | 1,156,324 | |
| 2014-02-04 |
|
4 | VLY |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
Common Stock |
A - Award | 22,681 | 122,680 | 22.68 | ||||
| 2014-02-04 |
|
4 | VLY |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
Common Stock |
F - Taxes | -2,637 | 99,999 | -2.57 | 9.92 | -26,159 | 991,990 | |
| 2013-11-18 |
|
4 | VLY |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
Common Stock |
F - Taxes | -1,202 | 102,636 | -1.16 | 9.95 | -11,960 | 1,021,228 | |
| 2013-02-07 |
|
4 | VLY |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
Common Stock |
F - Taxes | -1,296 | 103,838 | -1.23 | 9.87 | -12,792 | 1,024,881 | |
| 2013-02-01 |
|
4 | VLY |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
Common Stock |
A - Award | 15,337 | 105,134 | 17.08 | ||||
| 2012-11-19 |
|
4 | VLY |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
Common Stock |
F - Taxes | -528 | 89,797 | -0.58 | 8.93 | -4,715 | 801,887 | |
| 2012-11-15 |
|
4 | VLY |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
Common Stock |
F - Taxes | -789 | 90,325 | -0.87 | 8.72 | -6,880 | 787,634 | |
| 2012-11-15 |
|
4 | VLY |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
Common Stock |
F - Taxes | -233 | 91,114 | -0.26 | 8.87 | -2,067 | 808,181 | |
| 2012-02-09 |
|
4 | VLY |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
Common Stock |
A - Award | 9,740 | 86,997 | 12.61 |
