Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:MCF / Contango Oil & Gas Company SVP and CFO 0
US:CXPO / Crimson Exploration Inc. Senior VP & CFO 0
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by E Joseph Grady. 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 E Joseph Grady 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
2021-12-09 2021-12-07 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -1,661,044 0 -100.00
2021-12-09 2021-12-07 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
A - Award 1,410,000 1,661,044 561.65
2021-03-23 2021-03-19 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,552 251,044 -1.40 4.64 -16,481 1,164,844
2021-03-09 2021-03-08 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,712 254,596 -1.05 4.97 -13,479 1,265,342
2021-01-14 2021-01-11 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -7,872 257,308 -2.97 2.29 -18,027 589,235
2021-01-14 2021-01-11 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
A - Award 32,330 265,180 13.88
2020-05-05 2020-04-26 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,492 232,850 -0.64 1.75 -2,611 407,488
2020-04-21 2020-04-18 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,583 234,342 -1.09 1.58 -4,081 370,260
2020-03-23 2020-03-19 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,202 236,925 -1.33 1.36 -4,355 322,218
2020-03-10 2020-03-08 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,144 240,127 -0.88 3.05 -6,539 732,387
2020-01-15 2020-01-13 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes 17,067 242,271 7.58 3.63 61,953 879,444
2019-10-31 2019-10-20 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,376 225,204 -1.04 2.49 -5,916 560,758
2019-04-29 2019-04-26 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,492 227,580 -0.65 3.12 -4,655 710,050
2019-04-22 2019-04-18 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,507 229,072 -1.08 3.12 -7,822 714,705
2019-03-26 2019-03-19 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,279 231,579 -1.40 3.43 -11,247 794,316
2019-03-15 2019-03-13 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,577 234,858 -0.67 3.44 -5,425 807,912
2019-03-14 2019-03-08 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
A - Award 27,719 208,744 15.31
2018-11-14 2018-10-20 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,306 208,716 -1.09 5.75 -13,260 1,200,117
2018-04-27 2018-04-26 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,492 211,022 -0.70 3.92 -5,849 827,206
2018-04-27 2018-04-18 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,507 212,514 -1.17 3.60 -9,025 765,050
2018-03-20 2018-03-19 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
A - Award 41,250 215,021 23.74
2018-03-14 2018-03-13 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,577 173,771 -0.90 3.60 -5,677 625,576
2017-12-01 2017-11-30 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 8,000 175,348 4.78 2.45 19,576 429,077
2017-10-24 2017-10-20 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,590 167,348 -1.52 4.11 -10,645 687,800
2017-04-20 2017-04-18 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
A - Award 31,201 169,938 22.49
2016-11-15 2016-11-12 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,875 138,737 -2.03 9.29 -26,709 1,288,867
2016-10-24 2016-10-20 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
A - Award 28,700 141,612 25.42
2016-04-28 2016-04-26 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
A - Award 24,518 112,912 27.74
2016-03-15 2016-03-13 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,587 88,394 -1.76 9.26 -14,696 818,528
2016-01-12 2016-01-11 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
S - Sale X -1,404 89,981 -1.54 4.05 -5,686 364,423
2016-01-12 2016-01-04 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -680 91,385 -0.74 6.40 -4,352 584,864
2016-01-12 2016-01-04 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
A - Award 2,084 92,065 2.32
2015-11-16 2015-11-12 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,875 89,981 -3.10 7.57 -21,764 681,156
2015-03-13 2015-03-13 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
A - Award 21,286 92,856 29.74
2014-11-14 2014-11-12 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,876 71,570 -3.86 37.24 -107,102 2,665,267
2013-11-14 2013-11-12 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -4,411 74,446 -5.59 42.80 -188,791 3,186,289
2013-11-14 2013-11-12 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
A - Award 42,057 78,857 114.29
2013-10-10 2013-10-01 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
A - Award 18,647 18,647
2013-10-10 2013-10-01 4 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
A - Award 36,800 36,800
2013-10-10 3 MCF CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO
Common Stock
36,800
2013-10-03 2013-10-01 4 CXPO CRIMSON EXPLORATION INC.
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
D - Sale to Issuer -225,000 0 -100.00
2013-10-03 2013-10-01 4 CXPO CRIMSON EXPLORATION INC.
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -444,022 0 -100.00
2013-10-03 2013-10-01 4 CXPO CRIMSON EXPLORATION INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -57,537 444,022 -11.47
2013-03-12 2013-03-09 4 CXPO CRIMSON EXPLORATION INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,966 501,559 -0.78 3.22 -12,771 1,615,020
2013-03-12 2013-03-08 4 CXPO CRIMSON EXPLORATION INC.
Common Stock
A - Award 65,000 505,525 14.76
2013-03-12 2013-03-02 4 CXPO CRIMSON EXPLORATION INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -9,505 440,525 -2.11 3.19 -30,321 1,405,275
2012-05-21 2012-05-18 4 CXPO CRIMSON EXPLORATION INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,810 450,030 -0.62 3.95 -11,100 1,777,618
2012-03-15 2012-03-09 4 CXPO CRIMSON EXPLORATION INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,835 452,840 -0.84 3.19 -12,234 1,444,560
2012-03-06 2012-03-02 4 CXPO CRIMSON EXPLORATION INC.
Common Stock
A - Award 141,000 456,675 44.67
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)