Sensient Technologies Corporation
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US81725T1007

Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:SXT / Sensient Technologies Corporation President, Color Group 41,258
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Michael C Geraghty. 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 SXT / Sensient Technologies Corporation - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in SXT / Sensient Technologies Corporation. 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.

SXT / Sensient Technologies Corporation Insider Trades
Insider Sales SXT / Sensient Technologies Corporation - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in SXT / Sensient Technologies Corporation. 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 (%)
2024-11-06 SXT Geraghty Michael C 4,000 80.4829 4,000 80.4829 321,932 65 67.3100 -52,691 -16.37

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

SXT / Sensient Technologies Corporation Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Michael C Geraghty 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
2025-02-14 2025-02-13 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,015 41,258 -4.66 77.00 -155,155 3,176,864
2025-02-14 2025-02-13 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 4,031 43,273 10.27
2024-12-10 2024-12-09 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,314 39,242 -3.24 78.00 -102,492 3,060,874
2024-12-06 2024-12-04 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 4,037 40,556 11.05
2024-11-08 2024-11-06 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -4,000 36,518 -9.87 80.48 -321,932 2,939,070
2024-02-09 2024-02-08 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,220 40,515 -7.36 62.74 -202,023 2,541,892
2024-02-09 2024-02-08 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 6,441 43,735 17.27
2023-12-13 2023-12-11 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,733 37,294 -4.44 61.33 -106,285 2,287,223
2023-12-08 2023-12-06 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 4,804 39,027 14.04
2023-02-13 2023-02-09 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -9,529 34,218 -21.78 72.49 -690,757 2,480,468
2023-02-13 2023-02-09 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 19,058 43,747 77.19
2022-12-09 2022-12-07 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 3,843 24,689 18.44
2022-02-14 2022-02-10 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Performance Stock Unit
M - Exercise -3,567 0 -100.00
2022-02-14 2022-02-10 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,783 20,842 -7.88 83.43 -148,756 1,738,870
2022-02-14 2022-02-10 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 3,567 22,625 18.72
2021-12-13 2021-12-09 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Performance Stock Unit
A - Award 3,943 3,943
2021-12-13 2021-12-09 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 2,629 19,058 16.00
2021-02-16 2021-02-11 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Performance Stock Unit
M - Exercise -7,800 0 -100.00
2020-12-14 2020-12-10 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Performance Stock Unit
A - Award 5,198 5,198
2020-12-14 2020-12-10 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 3,466 16,246 27.12
2020-02-18 2020-02-13 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Performance Stock Unit
M - Exercise -7,700 0 -100.00
2019-12-09 2019-12-05 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Performance Stock Unit
A - Award 9,529 9,529
2019-02-15 2019-02-14 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Performance Stock Unit
M - Exercise -1,337 0 -100.00
2019-02-15 2019-02-14 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -668 12,780 -4.97 62.54 -41,777 799,261
2019-02-15 2019-02-14 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,337 13,448 11.04
2018-12-07 2018-12-06 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Performance Stock Unit
A - Award 9,800 9,800
2018-02-09 2018-02-08 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Performance Stock Unit
M - Exercise -6,762 0 -100.00
2018-02-09 2018-02-08 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,381 12,111 -21.82 68.92 -233,019 834,690
2018-02-09 2018-02-08 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 6,762 15,492 77.46
2017-12-08 2017-12-07 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Performance Stock Unit
A - Award 7,800 7,800
2017-12-08 2017-12-06 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -5,000 8,730 -36.42 76.16 -380,800 664,877
2017-02-03 2017-02-02 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -250 13,730 -1.79 76.08 -19,020 1,044,578
2016-12-06 2016-12-05 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,480 13,980 -19.93 77.74 -270,535 1,086,805
2016-12-05 2016-12-05 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Performance Stock Unit
M - Exercise -2,160 0 -100.00
2016-12-05 2016-12-05 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 2,160 17,460 14.12
2016-12-05 2016-12-01 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Performance Stock Unit
A - Award 7,700 7,700
2015-12-07 2015-12-03 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Performance Stock Unit
A - Award 7,000 7,000
2014-12-05 2014-12-04 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Performance Stock Unit
A - Award 7,900 7,900
2013-12-09 2013-12-05 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Performance Stock Unit
A - Award 4,800 4,800
2013-12-09 2013-12-05 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 4,800 15,300 45.71
2012-12-10 2012-12-06 4 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 10,000 10,500 2,000.00
2012-10-19 3 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
500
2012-10-19 3 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
42
2012-10-19 3 SXT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Common Stock
149
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)