STAAR Surgical Company
US ˙ NasdaqGM ˙ US8523123052

Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:STAA / STAAR Surgical Company Sr. VP, Global Operations 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 Hansen Graydon C.. 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 STAA / STAAR Surgical Company - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in STAA / STAAR Surgical Company. 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.

STAA / STAAR Surgical Company Insider Trades
Insider Sales STAA / STAAR Surgical Company - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in STAA / STAAR Surgical Company. 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 (%)
2021-05-12 STAA Hansen Graydon C. 5,531 110.7400 5,531 110.7400 612,503 364 50.2400 -334,625 -54.63
2021-05-11 STAA Hansen Graydon C. 11,075 111.6100 11,075 111.6100 1,236,081
2021-03-01 STAA Hansen Graydon C. 20,294 103.2100 20,294 103.2100 2,094,544
2021-03-01 STAA Hansen Graydon C. 11,427 103.0500 11,427 103.0500 1,177,552
2021-03-01 STAA Hansen Graydon C. 2,069 106.0300 2,069 106.0300 219,376
2020-05-11 STAA Hansen Graydon C. 3,437 39.0200 3,437 39.0200 134,112
2020-05-11 STAA Hansen Graydon C. 2,860 39.0400 2,860 39.0400 111,654
2020-05-11 STAA Hansen Graydon C. 3,473 39.0200 3,473 39.0200 135,516
2020-05-11 STAA Hansen Graydon C. 8,419 39.0100 8,419 39.0100 328,425
2020-03-23 STAA Hansen Graydon C. 2,813 27.4200 2,813 27.4200 77,132
2019-11-20 STAA Hansen Graydon C. 17,083 35.0200 17,083 35.0200 598,247

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

STAA / STAAR Surgical Company Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Hansen Graydon C. 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
2021-05-12 2021-05-12 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -348 0 -100.00
2021-05-12 2021-05-12 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -231 7,041 -3.18
2021-05-12 2021-05-12 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -375 375 -50.00
2021-05-12 2021-05-12 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 348 9,801 3.68 16.15 5,620 158,286
2021-05-12 2021-05-12 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 231 9,453 2.50 35.98 8,311 340,119
2021-05-12 2021-05-12 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 375 9,222 4.24 29.80 11,175 274,816
2021-05-12 2021-05-12 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -5,531 8,847 -38.47 110.74 -612,503 979,717
2021-05-12 2021-05-11 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -10,025 17,737 -36.11
2021-05-12 2021-05-11 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -1,050 7,272 -12.62
2021-05-12 2021-05-11 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -11,075 14,378 -43.51 111.61 -1,236,081 1,604,729
2021-05-12 2021-05-11 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 10,025 25,453 64.98 27.53 275,988 700,721
2021-05-12 2021-05-11 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,050 15,428 7.30 35.98 37,779 555,099
2021-03-15 2021-03-12 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise 9,259 9,259
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -2,069 348 -85.60
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -185 2,417 -7.11
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -14,491 8,322 -63.52
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -5,618 750 -88.22
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -229 22,813 -0.99
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -374 6,368 -5.55
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -1,218 2,602 -31.88
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -2,431 0 -100.00
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,069 14,378 -12.58 106.03 -219,376 1,524,499
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 2,069 16,447 14.39 16.15 33,414 265,619
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -11,427 14,378 -44.28 103.05 -1,177,552 1,481,653
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -20,294 25,805 -44.02 103.21 -2,094,544 2,663,334
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 185 46,099 0.40 16.15 2,988 744,499
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 14,491 45,914 46.12 35.98 521,386 1,651,986
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 5,618 31,423 21.77 29.80 167,416 936,405
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 229 25,805 0.90 35.98 8,239 928,464
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 374 25,546 1.49 29.80 11,145 761,271
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,218 25,202 5.08 16.15 19,671 407,012
2021-03-03 2021-03-01 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 2,431 23,984 11.28 15.25 37,073 365,756
2020-05-13 2020-05-11 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -8,680 3,820 -69.44
2020-05-13 2020-05-11 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -4,862 2,431 -66.67
2020-05-13 2020-05-11 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise -6,741 0 -100.00
2020-05-13 2020-05-11 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -8,419 21,553 -28.09 39.01 -328,425 840,783
2020-05-13 2020-05-11 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 8,680 29,972 40.77 16.15 140,182 484,048
2020-05-13 2020-05-11 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,473 21,292 -14.02 39.02 -135,516 830,814
2020-05-13 2020-05-11 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 4,862 24,765 24.43 15.25 74,146 377,666
2020-05-13 2020-05-11 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,860 19,903 -12.56 39.04 -111,654 777,013
2020-05-13 2020-05-11 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 6,741 22,763 42.07 9.30 62,691 211,696
2020-05-13 2020-05-11 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,437 16,022 -17.66 39.02 -134,112 625,178
2020-03-24 2020-03-23 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,813 19,459 -12.63 27.42 -77,132 533,566
2020-03-24 2020-03-20 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
A - Award 27,762 27,762
2019-11-22 2019-11-22 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise 4,862 0 -100.00 7.52 36,562
2019-11-22 2019-11-22 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock Options
M - Exercise 9,076 3,881 -174.71 9.30 84,407 36,093
2019-11-22 2019-11-22 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 4,862 22,272 27.93 7.52 36,562 167,485
2019-11-22 2019-11-22 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
M - Exercise 9,076 17,410 108.90 9.30 84,407 161,913
2019-11-22 2019-11-20 4 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -17,083 8,334 -67.21 35.02 -598,247 291,857
2019-07-10 3 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
30,000
2019-07-10 3 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
30,000
2019-07-10 3 STAA STAAR SURGICAL CO
Common Stock
30,000
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)