The Eastern Company
US ˙ NasdaqGM ˙ US2763171046

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Mark Anthony Hernandez. 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 Mark Anthony Hernandez has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:EML / The Eastern Company Chief Executive Officer, Director 36,208
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Mark Anthony Hernandez. 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 EML / The Eastern Company - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in EML / The Eastern 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 (%)
2024-05-17 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 959 30.0000 959 30.0000 28,770 153 34.3600 4,181 14.53
2024-05-16 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 2,341 28.9900 2,341 28.9900 67,866
2023-11-15 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 228 19.0000 228 19.0000 4,332
2023-11-14 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 2,619 18.7000 2,619 18.7000 48,975
2023-11-10 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 1,855 18.4900 1,855 18.4900 34,299
2023-11-09 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 835 18.2000 835 18.2000 15,197
2023-09-13 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 174 18.6500 174 18.6500 3,245
2023-09-12 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 1,054 18.5000 1,054 18.5000 19,499
2023-09-11 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 1,773 18.6600 1,773 18.6600 33,084
2023-09-08 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 1,231 18.9600 1,231 18.9600 23,340
2023-09-07 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 1,231 18.3400 1,231 18.3400 22,577
2023-09-06 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 1,231 18.4100 1,231 18.4100 22,663
2023-09-05 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 1,231 18.3600 1,231 18.3600 22,601
2023-09-01 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 850 18.5600 850 18.5600 15,776
2023-08-31 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 850 18.1000 850 18.1000 15,385
2023-08-30 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 850 18.0000 850 18.0000 15,300
2023-08-29 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 850 18.0200 850 18.0200 15,317
2023-08-25 EML Hernandez Mark Anthony 100 18.0100 100 18.0100 1,801

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

EML / The Eastern Company Insider Trades
Insider Sales EML / The Eastern Company - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in EML / The Eastern 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 (%)
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.

EML / The Eastern Company Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Mark Anthony Hernandez 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
2024-05-20 2024-05-17 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 959 36,208 2.72 30.00 28,770 1,086,240
2024-05-20 2024-05-16 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 2,341 35,249 7.11 28.99 67,866 1,021,869
2024-03-05 2024-03-01 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
A - Award 5,776 32,908 21.29
2024-03-05 2024-03-01 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
M - Exercise 3,332 27,132 14.00
2024-03-05 2024-03-01 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
M - Exercise 5,000 23,800 26.60
2023-11-16 2023-11-15 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 228 18,800 1.23 19.00 4,332 357,200
2023-11-16 2023-11-14 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 2,619 18,572 16.42 18.70 48,975 347,296
2023-11-13 2023-11-10 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 1,855 15,953 13.16 18.49 34,299 294,971
2023-11-13 2023-11-09 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 835 14,098 6.30 18.20 15,197 256,584
2023-09-14 2023-09-13 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 174 13,263 1.33 18.65 3,245 247,355
2023-09-14 2023-09-12 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 1,054 13,089 8.76 18.50 19,499 242,146
2023-09-12 2023-09-11 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 1,773 12,035 17.28 18.66 33,084 224,573
2023-09-12 2023-09-08 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 1,231 10,262 13.63 18.96 23,340 194,568
2023-09-08 2023-09-07 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 1,231 9,031 15.78 18.34 22,577 165,629
2023-09-08 2023-09-06 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 1,231 7,800 18.74 18.41 22,663 143,598
2023-09-08 2023-09-05 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 1,231 6,569 23.06 18.36 22,601 120,607
2023-09-05 2023-09-01 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 850 5,338 18.94 18.56 15,776 99,073
2023-09-05 2023-08-31 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 850 4,488 23.36 18.10 15,385 81,233
2023-08-31 2023-08-30 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 850 3,638 30.49 18.00 15,300 65,484
2023-08-31 2023-08-29 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 850 2,788 43.86 18.02 15,317 50,240
2023-08-29 2023-08-25 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
P - Purchase 100 1,938 5.44 18.01 1,801 34,903
2023-04-26 2023-04-24 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
A - Award 0 1,838 0.00
2022-12-22 2022-12-21 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
A - Award 838 1,838 83.80 20.86 17,481 38,341
2022-09-23 2022-09-22 4 EML EASTERN CO
Common Shares
A - Award 1,000 1,000 19.00 19,000 19,000
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)