Flushing Financial Corporation
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US3438731057

Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:FFIC / Flushing Financial Corporation Director 228,256
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 J Hegarty. 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 FFIC / Flushing Financial Corporation - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in FFIC / Flushing Financial 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.

FFIC / Flushing Financial Corporation Insider Trades
Insider Sales FFIC / Flushing Financial Corporation - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in FFIC / Flushing Financial 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 (%)
2012-03-01 FFIC HEGARTY MICHAEL J 17,746 13.2500 17,746 13.2500 235,134 730 20.7200 132,563 56.38
2012-02-28 FFIC HEGARTY MICHAEL J 11,634 13.3000 11,634 13.3000 154,732
2012-02-21 FFIC HEGARTY MICHAEL J 566 13.4500 566 13.4500 7,613
2012-02-17 FFIC HEGARTY MICHAEL J 31,125 13.4600 31,125 13.4600 418,942
2012-02-16 FFIC HEGARTY MICHAEL J 72,080 13.4500 72,080 13.4500 969,476

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

FFIC / Flushing Financial Corporation Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Michael J Hegarty 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
2016-02-01 2016-01-30 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 4,800 228,256 2.15
2015-01-30 2015-01-30 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 4,800 223,456 2.20
2014-05-27 2014-05-23 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Director Stock Option Exercise (Right to Buy)
M - Exercise -5,000 0 -100.00 16.77 -83,850
2014-05-27 2014-05-23 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -4,282 218,656 -1.92 19.58 -83,842 4,281,284
2014-05-27 2014-05-23 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 5,000 222,938 2.29 16.77 83,850 3,738,670
2014-02-03 2014-01-30 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 4,800 217,938 2.25
2013-05-09 2013-05-07 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Director Stock Option Exercise (Right to Buy)
M - Exercise -18,000 0 -100.00 13.47 -242,460
2013-05-09 2013-05-07 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -15,754 213,138 -6.88 15.39 -242,454 3,280,194
2013-05-09 2013-05-07 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 18,000 228,892 8.54 13.47 242,460 3,083,175
2013-02-01 2013-01-30 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 4,800 210,892 2.33
2012-06-07 2012-06-05 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Director Stock Option Exercise
M - Exercise -27,000 0 -100.00 12.37 -333,990
2012-06-07 2012-06-05 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
M - Exercise 27,000 206,092 15.08 12.37 333,990 2,549,358
2012-03-01 2012-03-01 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -17,746 179,722 -8.99 13.25 -235,134 2,381,316
2012-03-01 2012-02-28 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -11,634 197,468 -5.56 13.30 -154,732 2,626,324
2012-02-23 2012-02-21 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -566 209,102 -0.27 13.45 -7,613 2,812,422
2012-02-17 2012-02-17 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -31,125 209,668 -12.93 13.46 -418,942 2,822,131
2012-02-17 2012-02-16 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -72,080 240,793 -23.04 13.45 -969,476 3,238,666
2012-01-30 2012-01-30 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 4,800 312,873 1.56
2004-06-16 2004-06-15 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Emplyoee Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 5,000 5,000 16.77 83,850 83,850
2004-06-16 2004-06-15 4 FFIC FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 2,500 178,715 1.42
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)