Artivion, Inc.
US ˙ NYSE

Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:CRY / Artivion Inc VP, Regulatory Affairs 110,559
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 Fronk. 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 AORT / Artivion, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

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

AORT / Artivion, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales AORT / Artivion, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in AORT / Artivion, 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 (%)
2014-05-16 CRY FRONK DAVID 8,952 8.6113 8,952 8.6113 77,088 4 8.55 -548 -0.71
2013-11-12 CRY FRONK DAVID 9,442 9.9163 9,442 9.9163 93,630

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

AORT / Artivion, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by David Fronk 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
2015-03-10 2015-03-07 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,217 110,559 -1.09 10.51 -12,791 1,161,975
2015-02-27 2015-02-26 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -972 111,776 -0.86 10.72 -10,420 1,198,239
2015-02-27 2015-02-26 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
A - Award 5,834 112,748 5.46
2015-02-25 2015-02-16 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Stock Options
M - Exercise -15,000 0 -100.00
2015-02-25 2015-02-16 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -12,915 106,914 -10.78 11.30 -145,940 1,208,128
2015-02-25 2015-02-16 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 15,000 119,829 14.31 9.73 145,950 1,165,936
2015-02-20 2015-02-19 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 23,829 23,829
2015-02-20 2015-02-19 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
A - Award 8,633 104,829 8.97 11.00 94,963 1,153,119
2015-02-20 2015-02-18 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -4,022 96,196 -4.01 10.82 -43,518 1,040,841
2015-02-13 2015-02-12 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,310 100,218 -1.29 11.40 -14,934 1,142,485
2014-05-19 2014-05-16 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -8,952 101,528 -8.10 8.61 -77,088 874,288
2014-03-10 2014-03-07 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,217 110,480 -1.09 9.87 -12,012 1,090,438
2014-02-26 2014-02-26 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 11,666 11,666
2014-02-26 2014-02-26 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
A - Award 11,667 111,697 11.66
2014-02-26 2014-02-24 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -7,322 100,030 -6.82 9.79 -71,682 979,294
2014-02-25 2014-02-21 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,199 107,352 -2.01 9.79 -21,528 1,050,976
2014-02-25 2014-02-21 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
A - Award 13,558 109,551 14.12
2013-11-13 2013-11-12 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Stock Option
M - Exercise -10,132 0 -100.00
2013-11-13 2013-11-12 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -9,442 95,995 -8.96 9.92 -93,630 951,915
2013-11-13 2013-11-11 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 10,132 105,437 10.63 8.70 88,148 917,302
2013-11-12 2013-11-08 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Stock Option
M - Exercise -4,868 10,132 -32.45
2013-11-12 2013-11-08 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -4,277 95,305 -4.29 9.90 -42,342 943,520
2013-11-12 2013-11-08 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 4,868 99,582 5.14 8.70 42,352 866,363
2013-03-11 2013-03-07 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,018 94,714 -3.09 6.08 -18,349 575,861
2013-02-26 2013-02-22 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -4,736 97,732 -4.62 6.12 -28,984 598,120
2013-02-19 2013-02-15 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 11,666 11,666
2013-02-19 2013-02-15 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
A - Award 14,604 102,468 16.62
2013-02-19 2013-02-15 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
A - Award 11,667 87,864 15.31
2012-02-22 2012-02-18 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Stock Option
A - Award 11,666 11,666
2012-02-22 2012-02-18 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
A - Award 11,667 76,197 18.08
2012-02-21 2012-02-16 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,972 64,530 -2.97 5.98 -11,793 385,889
2012-02-08 2012-02-07 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Stock Option
M - Exercise -18,883 31,117 -37.77
2012-02-08 2012-02-07 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -18,673 66,502 -21.92 5.86 -109,424 389,702
2012-02-08 2012-02-07 4 CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 18,883 85,175 28.48 5.80 109,427 493,589
2006-03-09 2006-02-21 4/A CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Stock Option
A - Award 17,200 17,200
2006-03-09 2006-02-21 4/A CRY CRYOLIFE INC
Common Stock
A - Award 2,800 16,299 20.74
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)