Hercules Capital, Inc. - Corporate Bond/Note
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Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:HTGC / Hercules Capital, Inc. Chief Legal Officer & Sec 73,177
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Scott H Harvey. 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 HCXY / Hercules Capital, Inc. - Corporate Bond/Note - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in HCXY / Hercules Capital, Inc. - Corporate Bond/Note. 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.

HCXY / Hercules Capital, Inc. - Corporate Bond/Note Insider Trades
Insider Sales HCXY / Hercules Capital, Inc. - Corporate Bond/Note - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in HCXY / Hercules Capital, Inc. - Corporate Bond/Note. 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 (%)
2012-03-06 HTGC Harvey Scott H 5,500 10.5800 5,500 10.5800 58,190 248 10.05 -2,915 -5.01

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

HCXY / Hercules Capital, Inc. - Corporate Bond/Note Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Scott H Harvey 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
2012-08-20 2012-08-17 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -153 73,177 -0.21 11.26 -1,723 823,973
2012-08-20 2012-08-16 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -77 73,330 -0.10 11.29 -869 827,896
2012-08-01 2012-07-30 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -31 73,407 -0.04 11.26 -349 826,563
2012-07-18 2012-07-17 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -153 73,438 -0.21 11.28 -1,726 828,381
2012-07-18 2012-07-16 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -77 73,591 -0.10 11.39 -877 838,201
2012-07-03 2012-06-30 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -31 73,668 -0.04 11.34 -352 835,395
2012-06-19 2012-06-17 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -153 73,699 -0.21 10.83 -1,657 798,160
2012-06-19 2012-06-16 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -77 73,852 -0.10 10.83 -834 799,817
2012-06-01 2012-05-30 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -31 73,929 -0.04 10.59 -328 782,908
2012-05-18 2012-05-17 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -153 73,960 -0.21 10.74 -1,643 794,330
2012-05-18 2012-05-16 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -77 74,113 -0.10 10.92 -841 809,314
2012-05-01 2012-04-30 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -31 77,199 -0.04 11.41 -354 880,841
2012-04-18 2012-04-17 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -153 77,230 -0.20 11.19 -1,712 864,204
2012-04-18 2012-04-16 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -77 77,383 -0.10 11.06 -852 855,856
2012-04-03 2012-03-30 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -367 77,460 -0.47 11.08 -4,066 858,257
2012-03-20 2012-03-19 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -217 74,827 -0.29 10.79 -2,341 807,383
2012-03-20 2012-03-19 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
M - Exercise 555 75,044 0.75 4.21 2,337 315,935
2012-03-19 2012-03-17 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -153 74,489 -0.20 10.53 -1,611 784,369
2012-03-19 2012-03-16 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -77 74,642 -0.10 10.53 -811 785,980
2012-03-13 2012-03-09 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
A - Award 22,059 74,719 41.89
2012-03-07 2012-03-06 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
S - Sale -5,500 52,660 -9.46 10.58 -58,190 557,143
2012-03-07 2012-03-05 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -1,966 58,160 -3.27 10.70 -21,036 622,312
2012-03-07 2012-03-05 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
M - Exercise 4,995 60,126 9.06 4.21 21,029 253,130
2012-02-27 2012-02-25 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -1,533 55,131 -2.71 10.42 -15,974 574,465
2012-02-21 2012-02-17 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -171 56,664 -0.30 10.45 -1,787 592,139
2012-02-21 2012-02-16 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -86 56,835 -0.15 10.41 -895 591,652
2012-01-18 2012-01-17 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -171 56,651 -0.30 9.86 -1,686 558,579
2012-01-18 2012-01-16 4 HTGC HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
Common Stock $0.001 par value
F - Taxes -86 56,822 -0.15 9.94 -855 564,811
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)