ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US81768T1088

Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:SFBS / ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. CFO, EVP 266,951
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by William M Foshee. 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 SFBS / ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in SFBS / ServisFirst Bancshares, 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 (%)
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.

SFBS / ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales SFBS / ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in SFBS / ServisFirst Bancshares, 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 (%)
2022-08-16 SFBS FOSHEE WILLIAM M 3,000 92.8900 3,000 92.8900 278,670 288 40.3000 -157,770 -56.62
2021-11-08 SFBS FOSHEE WILLIAM M 32,000 85.1000 32,000 85.1000 2,723,200
2021-06-03 SFBS FOSHEE WILLIAM M 7,000 69.0300 7,000 69.0300 483,210
2021-04-27 SFBS FOSHEE WILLIAM M 3,000 63.8100 3,000 63.8100 191,430
2020-08-14 SFBS FOSHEE WILLIAM M 3,294 38.4200 3,294 38.4200 126,555
2020-08-13 SFBS FOSHEE WILLIAM M 3,606 38.1000 3,606 38.1000 137,389
2020-08-12 SFBS FOSHEE WILLIAM M 100 39.7800 100 39.7800 3,978
2020-07-23 SFBS FOSHEE WILLIAM M 6,700 37.4900 6,700 37.4900 251,183
2019-10-24 SFBS FOSHEE WILLIAM M 2,000 34.6300 2,000 34.6300 69,260
2018-08-01 SFBS FOSHEE WILLIAM M 12,034 42.3500 12,034 42.3500 509,640
2017-10-25 SFBS FOSHEE WILLIAM M 18,000 40.7000 18,000 40.7000 732,600
2017-02-23 SFBS FOSHEE WILLIAM M 22,627 42.0500 22,627 42.0500 951,465
2017-02-22 SFBS FOSHEE WILLIAM M 7,373 42.0900 7,373 42.0900 310,330
2016-11-25 SFBS FOSHEE WILLIAM M 3,000 70.9600 6,000 35.4800 212,880
2015-07-01 SFBS FOSHEE WILLIAM M 1,884 37.7580 3,768 18.8790 71,136

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

SFBS / ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by William M Foshee 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
2024-01-31 2024-01-29 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 2,974 266,951 1.13
2023-02-23 2023-02-21 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 1,230 263,977 0.47
2022-08-17 2022-08-16 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
G - Gift -3,000 262,747 -1.13
2022-08-17 2022-08-16 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,000 265,747 -1.12 92.89 -278,670 24,685,239
2022-01-26 2022-01-24 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 1,034 268,747 0.39
2021-11-08 2021-11-08 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
S - Sale -32,000 267,713 -10.68 85.10 -2,723,200 22,782,376
2021-11-05 2021-11-04 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
G - Gift -2,000 299,713 -0.66
2021-06-04 2021-06-03 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
S - Sale -7,000 301,713 -2.27 69.03 -483,210 20,827,248
2021-04-27 2021-04-27 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,000 308,713 -0.96 63.81 -191,430 19,698,977
2021-02-23 2021-02-19 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
G - Gift -1,000 311,713 -0.32
2021-01-27 2021-01-25 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 1,983 312,713 0.64
2020-08-14 2020-08-14 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale -3,294 310,730 -1.05 38.42 -126,555 11,938,247
2020-08-14 2020-08-13 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale -3,606 314,024 -1.14 38.10 -137,389 11,964,314
2020-08-14 2020-08-12 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale -100 317,630 -0.03 39.78 -3,978 12,635,321
2020-07-24 2020-07-24 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
G - Gift 1,400 317,730 0.44
2020-07-24 2020-07-23 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale -6,700 319,130 -2.06 37.49 -251,183 11,964,184
2019-10-28 2019-10-25 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
G - Gift -1,500 325,830 -0.46
2019-10-28 2019-10-24 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale -2,000 327,330 -0.61 34.63 -69,260 11,335,438
2019-04-19 2019-04-18 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
G - Gift -600 329,330 -0.18
2018-12-21 2018-12-19 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
STOCK OPTION (RIGHT TO BUY)
M - Exercise -15,000 0 -100.00 5.00 -75,000
2018-12-21 2018-12-19 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
STOCK OPTION (RIGHT TO BUY)
M - Exercise -15,000 15,000 -50.00 4.17 -62,550 62,550
2018-12-21 2018-12-19 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
STOCK OPTION (RIGHT TO BUY)
M - Exercise -30,000 30,000 -50.00 4.17 -125,100 125,100
2018-12-21 2018-12-19 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
F - Taxes -3,827 329,930 -1.15 31.82 -121,775 10,498,373
2018-12-21 2018-12-19 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
F - Taxes -3,711 333,757 -1.10 31.82 -118,084 10,620,148
2018-12-21 2018-12-19 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
M - Exercise 15,000 337,468 4.65 5.00 75,000 1,687,340
2018-12-21 2018-12-19 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
M - Exercise 15,000 322,468 4.88 4.17 62,550 1,344,692
2018-12-21 2018-12-19 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
M - Exercise 30,000 307,468 10.81 4.17 125,100 1,282,142
2018-08-02 2018-08-01 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale -12,034 277,468 -4.16 42.35 -509,640 11,750,770
2017-10-26 2017-10-25 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale -18,000 289,502 -5.85 40.70 -732,600 11,782,731
2017-02-23 2017-02-23 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale -22,627 307,502 -6.85 42.05 -951,465 12,930,459
2017-02-23 2017-02-22 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale -7,373 330,129 -2.18 42.09 -310,330 13,895,130
2016-11-28 2016-11-25 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale -3,000 12,000 -20.00 70.96 -212,880 851,520
2016-11-28 2016-11-23 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
G - Gift -750 168,751 -0.44
2016-10-31 2016-10-27 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
G - Gift -2,000 184,501 -1.07
2016-03-01 2016-03-01 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale X -1,866 186,501 -0.99 36.99 -69,023 6,898,672
2016-02-03 2016-02-01 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale X -1,810 188,367 -0.95 39.31 -71,151 7,404,707
2016-01-06 2016-01-04 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale X -1,545 190,177 -0.81 46.03 -71,124 8,754,760
2015-12-01 2015-12-01 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
S - Sale X -1,450 191,722 -0.75 49.05 -71,116 9,403,101
2015-11-03 2015-11-02 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale X -1,674 193,172 -0.86 42.50 -71,145 8,209,810
2015-10-01 2015-10-01 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale X -1,807 194,846 -0.92 39.37 -71,145 7,671,477
2015-09-01 2015-09-01 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale X -1,936 196,653 -0.97 36.75 -71,157 7,227,961
2015-08-03 2015-08-03 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale X -1,847 198,589 -0.92 38.40 -70,925 7,625,818
2015-07-02 2015-07-01 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale -1,884 200,436 -0.93 37.76 -71,136 7,568,062
2015-06-02 2015-06-01 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale X -2,025 202,320 -0.99 35.15 -71,179 7,111,548
2015-05-01 2015-05-01 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale X -2,041 204,345 -0.99 34.85 -71,129 7,121,423
2015-04-13 2015-04-13 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
S - Sale X -2,090 206,386 -1.00 34.05 -71,164 7,027,443
2014-12-09 2014-12-08 4 SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
COMMON STOCK
G - Gift -1,500 208,476 -0.71
2014-01-21 2014-01-21 4 NONE ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Stock Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -5,000 0 -100.00
2014-01-21 2014-01-21 4 NONE ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Stock Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -5,000 0 -100.00
2014-01-21 2014-01-21 4 NONE ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Stock Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -20,000 0 -100.00
2014-01-21 2014-01-21 4 NONE ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 5,000 69,992 7.69 20.00 100,000 1,399,840
2014-01-21 2014-01-21 4 NONE ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 5,000 64,992 8.33 11.00 55,000 714,912
2014-01-21 2014-01-21 4 NONE ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 20,000 59,992 50.01 10.00 200,000 599,920
2012-02-23 2012-02-21 4 N/A ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 2,500 2,500
2008-05-27 3 N/A ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
39,992
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)