John R Howe - Insider Trading Tracker

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of John R Howe. 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

Companies with Reported Insider Positions

The SEC filings indicate John R Howe has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by John R Howe. 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 CATO / The Cato Corporation - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in CATO / The Cato 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 (%)
2008-03-24	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	10	16.8000	10	16.8000	172	730	21.26	42	24.33
2008-03-24	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	18	16.8000	18	16.8000	300
2008-01-07	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	12	14.6400	12	14.6400	170
2008-01-07	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	20	14.6400	20	14.6400	297
2007-09-24	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	8	21.7700	8	21.7700	168
2007-06-25	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	8	21.5000	8	21.5000	167
2007-03-26	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	6	23.9300	6	23.9300	151
2007-01-03	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	6	23.4200	6	23.4200	152
2006-09-25	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	7	22.8300	7	22.8300	150
2006-06-26	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	6	25.3000	6	25.3000	150
2006-03-27	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	6	21.9900	6	21.9900	127
2006-01-03	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	6	20.9500	6	20.9500	123
2005-09-26	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	7	19.5300	7	19.5300	128
2005-06-27	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	7	30.4500	7	30.4500	219
2005-03-28	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	5	31.7400	5	31.7400	166
2005-01-03	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	6	28.9800	6	28.9800	167
2004-09-27	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	8	21.2400	8	21.2400	164
2004-06-28	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	7	22.6900	7	22.6900	165
2004-03-29	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	8	20.0000	8	20.0000	150
2004-01-05	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	7	20.3900	7	20.3900	148
2003-09-29	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	7	20.2400	7	20.2400	147
2003-06-23	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	7	20.9300	7	20.9300	145
2003-03-31	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	7	18.7300	7	18.7300	136

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

Insider Sales CATO / The Cato Corporation - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in CATO / The Cato 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 (%)
2009-10-23	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	1,300	22.8900	1,300	22.8900	29,757	730	25.84	3,835	12.89
2009-10-21	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	700	22.8500	700	22.8500	15,995
2009-10-09	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	2,500	21.6029	2,500	21.6029	54,007
2009-07-22	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	1,500	20.0000	1,500	20.0000	30,000
2009-07-21	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	500	20.0000	500	20.0000	10,000
2008-07-25	CTR	HOWE JOHN R	2,500	18.0000	2,500	18.0000	45,000

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

Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by John R Howe as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).