Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US1280302027

Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:CALM / Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Executive Vice President Sales 3,999
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Charles Jeff Hardin. 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 CALM / Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in CALM / Cal-Maine Foods, 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 (%)
2020-10-15 CALM HARDIN CHARLES JEFF 2,000 38.2796 2,000 38.2796 76,559 146 42.9500 9,341 12.20

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

CALM / Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales CALM / Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in CALM / Cal-Maine Foods, 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 (%)
2024-02-20 CALM HARDIN CHARLES JEFF 750 56.5100 750 56.5100 42,382 71 55.2500 -944 -2.23
2024-02-02 CALM HARDIN CHARLES JEFF 4,458 56.5647 4,458 56.5647 252,165
2023-03-31 CALM HARDIN CHARLES JEFF 1,201 60.1500 1,201 60.1500 72,240
2022-04-05 CALM HARDIN CHARLES JEFF 2,000 58.5500 2,000 58.5500 117,100
2022-04-05 CALM HARDIN CHARLES JEFF 1,675 58.5600 1,675 58.5600 98,088
2020-05-20 CALM HARDIN CHARLES JEFF 958 43.4600 958 43.4600 41,635
2019-04-16 CALM HARDIN CHARLES JEFF 800 41.9600 800 41.9600 33,568
2018-04-06 CALM HARDIN CHARLES JEFF 2,036 47.3900 2,036 47.3900 96,486
2018-02-23 CALM HARDIN CHARLES JEFF 500 43.5500 500 43.5500 21,775
2016-02-04 CALM HARDIN CHARLES JEFF 1,481 48.7334 1,481 48.7334 72,174
2015-10-19 CALM HARDIN CHARLES JEFF 9,000 61.6200 9,000 61.6200 554,580
2015-10-19 CALM HARDIN CHARLES JEFF 13,065 62.1400 13,065 62.1400 811,859

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

CALM / Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Charles Jeff Hardin 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
2024-02-20 2024-02-20 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -750 3,999 -15.79 56.51 -42,382 225,983
2024-02-06 2024-02-02 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -4,458 17,830 -20.00 56.56 -252,165 1,008,549
2024-01-16 2024-01-12 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
A - Award 1,115 4,749 30.68
2024-01-16 2024-01-12 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -560 3,634 -13.35 54.91 -30,750 199,543
2023-04-03 2023-03-31 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,201 4,194 -22.26 60.15 -72,240 252,269
2023-01-17 2023-01-14 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -551 5,395 -9.27 54.10 -29,809 291,870
2023-01-17 2023-01-13 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
A - Award 1,136 5,946 23.62
2022-04-06 2022-04-05 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,675 4,810 -25.83 58.56 -98,088 281,674
2022-04-06 2022-04-05 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,000 6,485 -23.57 58.55 -117,100 379,697
2022-01-18 2022-01-15 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -408 8,485 -4.59 41.13 -16,781 348,988
2022-01-18 2022-01-14 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
A - Award 1,488 8,893 20.09
2021-01-19 2021-01-15 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -386 7,405 -4.95 36.47 -14,077 270,060
2021-01-14 2021-01-12 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
A - Award 1,570 7,791 25.24
2020-10-19 2020-10-15 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 2,000 6,221 47.38 38.28 76,559 238,137
2020-05-20 2020-05-20 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -958 4,221 -18.50 43.46 -41,635 183,445
2020-01-16 2020-01-16 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -386 5,179 -6.94 39.26 -15,154 203,328
2020-01-16 2020-01-14 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
A - Award 1,545 5,565 38.43 38.25 59,096 212,861
2019-04-18 2019-04-16 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -800 4,020 -16.60 41.96 -33,568 168,679
2019-01-17 2019-01-15 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
A - Award 1,376 4,820 39.95
2019-01-17 2019-01-15 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -356 3,444 -9.37 42.68 -15,194 146,990
2018-04-09 2018-04-06 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,036 3,800 -34.89 47.39 -96,486 180,082
2018-02-27 2018-02-23 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -500 5,836 -7.89 43.55 -21,775 254,158
2018-01-17 2018-01-16 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
A - Award 1,300 6,336 25.81
2018-01-17 2018-01-15 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -445 5,036 -8.12 44.20 -19,669 222,591
2017-01-18 2017-01-16 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
A - Award 1,300 5,481 31.09
2017-01-18 2017-01-15 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -719 4,181 -14.67 43.00 -30,917 179,783
2016-02-05 2016-02-04 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,481 4,900 -23.21 48.73 -72,174 238,794
2016-01-20 2016-01-15 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -719 6,381 -10.13 49.39 -35,511 315,158
2016-01-20 2016-01-15 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
A - Award 1,200 7,100 20.34
2015-10-22 2015-10-19 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -13,065 18,742 -41.08 62.14 -811,859 1,164,628
2015-10-22 2015-10-19 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -9,000 0 -100.00 61.62 -554,580
2015-01-20 2015-01-15 4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
A - Award 1,500 5,900 34.09 36.63 54,945 216,117
2014-01-17 2014-01-15 4 CALM CAL MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
A - Award 1,100 2,200 100.00 53.53 58,883 117,766
2013-03-22 2013-01-15 4 CALM CAL MAINE FOODS INC
Common Stock
A - Award 1,100 1,100 41.08 45,188 45,188
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)