Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:FSLR / First Solar, Inc. VP - Global Controller and CAO 0
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Byron Michael Jeffers. 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 Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Byron Michael Jeffers 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
2024-08-13 2024-08-12 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
S - Sale X -500 0 -100.00 220.00 -110,000
2024-08-08 2024-08-07 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
S - Sale X -1,766 500 -77.93 216.50 -382,339 108,250
2024-03-19 2024-03-15 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -85 2,266 -3.62 147.42 -12,531 334,054
2024-03-19 2024-03-15 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 327 2,351 16.16
2024-03-08 2024-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -43 2,024 -2.08 158.42 -6,812 320,642
2024-03-08 2024-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 165 2,067 8.68
2024-03-08 2024-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -64 1,902 -3.26 158.42 -10,139 301,315
2024-03-08 2024-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 244 1,966 14.17
2024-03-08 2024-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -299 1,722 -14.79 158.42 -47,368 272,799
2024-03-08 2024-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,153 2,021 132.83
2024-03-01 2024-02-29 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -353 868 -28.91 153.89 -54,323 133,577
2024-03-01 2024-02-29 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
A - Award 1,221 1,221
2023-03-17 2023-03-16 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
S - Sale X -239 0 -100.00 202.40 -48,374
2023-03-17 2023-03-15 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -88 239 -26.91 203.22 -17,883 48,570
2023-03-17 2023-03-15 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 327 327
2023-03-08 2023-03-07 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
S - Sale X -1,281 0 -100.00 212.50 -272,212
2023-03-08 2023-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -79 1,281 -5.81 212.30 -16,772 271,956
2023-03-08 2023-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 245 1,360 21.97
2023-03-08 2023-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -310 1,115 -21.75 212.30 -65,813 236,714
2023-03-08 2023-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,153 1,425 423.90
2023-03-08 2023-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -117 272 -30.08 212.30 -24,839 57,746
2023-03-08 2023-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 389 389
2022-08-09 2022-08-08 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
S - Sale X -814 0 -100.00 109.06 -88,775
2022-08-05 2022-08-05 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
S - Sale X -163 814 -16.68 102.27 -16,670 83,248
2022-08-03 2022-08-02 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
S - Sale X -160 977 -14.07 101.56 -16,250 99,224
2022-08-02 2022-08-01 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
S - Sale X -259 1,137 -18.55 100.00 -25,900 113,700
2022-03-17 2022-03-15 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
A - Award 1,635 1,635
2022-03-08 2022-03-04 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -245 977 -20.05
2022-03-08 2022-03-04 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -1,153 2,306 -33.33
2022-03-08 2022-03-04 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -389 389 -50.00
2022-03-08 2022-03-04 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -241 0 -100.00
2022-03-08 2022-03-04 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -82 1,396 -5.55 71.85 -5,892 100,303
2022-03-08 2022-03-04 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 245 1,478 19.87
2022-03-08 2022-03-04 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -339 1,233 -21.56 71.85 -24,357 88,591
2022-03-08 2022-03-04 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,153 1,572 275.18
2022-03-08 2022-03-04 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -130 419 -23.68 71.85 -9,340 30,105
2022-03-08 2022-03-04 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 389 549 243.12
2022-03-08 2022-03-04 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -81 160 -33.61 71.85 -5,820 11,496
2022-03-08 2022-03-04 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 241 241
2021-03-09 2021-03-08 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
S - Sale X -1,500 0 -100.00 73.57 -110,355
2021-03-09 2021-03-07 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -383 0 -100.00
2021-03-09 2021-03-07 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -106 1,500 -6.60 73.70 -7,812 110,550
2021-03-09 2021-03-07 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 383 1,606 31.32
2021-03-09 2021-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
A - Award 1,222 1,222
2021-03-09 2021-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -1,153 3,459 -25.00
2021-03-09 2021-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -390 778 -33.39
2021-03-09 2021-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -241 241 -50.00
2021-03-09 2021-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -350 1,223 -22.25 73.70 -25,795 90,135
2021-03-09 2021-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,153 1,573 274.52
2021-03-09 2021-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -130 420 -23.64 73.70 -9,581 30,954
2021-03-09 2021-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 390 550 243.75
2021-03-09 2021-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -81 160 -33.61 73.70 -5,970 11,792
2021-03-09 2021-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 241 241
2020-08-10 2020-08-07 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
S - Sale X -149 0 -100.00 69.10 -10,296
2020-08-10 2020-08-07 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
S - Sale X -160 149 -51.78 69.10 -11,056 10,296
2020-06-08 2020-06-05 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
S - Sale X -260 309 -45.69 51.35 -13,351 15,867
2020-06-03 2020-06-02 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
S - Sale X -255 569 -30.95 49.02 -12,500 27,892
2020-03-10 2020-03-08 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -224 0 -100.00
2020-03-10 2020-03-08 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -75 824 -8.34 43.37 -3,253 35,737
2020-03-10 2020-03-08 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 224 899 33.19
2020-03-10 2020-03-07 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -383 383 -50.00
2020-03-10 2020-03-07 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -128 675 -15.94 43.37 -5,551 29,275
2020-03-10 2020-03-07 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 383 803 91.19
2020-03-10 2020-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
A - Award 4,612 4,612
2020-03-10 2020-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -390 1,168 -25.03
2020-03-10 2020-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -241 482 -33.33
2020-03-10 2020-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -130 420 -23.64 43.37 -5,638 18,215
2020-03-10 2020-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 390 550 243.75
2020-03-10 2020-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -81 160 -33.61 43.37 -3,513 6,939
2020-03-10 2020-03-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 241 241
2019-08-07 2019-08-06 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
S - Sale X -346 0 -100.00 62.68 -21,687
2019-08-07 2019-08-05 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -481 0 -100.00
2019-08-07 2019-08-05 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -135 346 -28.07 62.01 -8,371 21,455
2019-08-07 2019-08-05 4 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 481 481
2019-05-14 3 FSLR FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Common Stock
0
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)