Jones Soda Co.
US ˙ OTCPK ˙ US48023P1066

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Stephen C Jones. 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 Stephen C Jones has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:JSDA / Jones Soda Co. Interim CEO, Director 104,000
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Stephen C Jones. 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 JSDA / Jones Soda Co. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in JSDA / Jones Soda Co.. 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 (%)
2008-03-14 JSDA Jones Stephen C 5,000 2.8000 5,000 2.8000 14,000 19 3.82 5,100 36.43
2008-03-14 JSDA Jones Stephen C 5,000 2.7800 5,000 2.7800 13,900
2008-03-14 JSDA Jones Stephen C 5,000 2.9000 5,000 2.9000 14,500
2008-03-14 JSDA Jones Stephen C 5,000 2.8500 5,000 2.8500 14,250
2008-03-14 JSDA Jones Stephen C 2,500 2.7600 2,500 2.7600 6,900
2008-03-14 JSDA Jones Stephen C 2,500 2.7900 2,500 2.7900 6,975
2008-03-14 JSDA Jones Stephen C 2,500 2.7200 2,500 2.7200 6,800
2008-03-14 JSDA Jones Stephen C 2,500 2.7500 2,500 2.7500 6,875
2008-03-14 JSDA Jones Stephen C 2,500 2.8200 2,500 2.8200 7,050
2008-03-14 JSDA Jones Stephen C 1,300 2.7400 1,300 2.7400 3,562
2008-03-13 JSDA Jones Stephen C 10,000 3.0600 10,000 3.0600 30,600
2008-03-13 JSDA Jones Stephen C 10,000 2.8400 10,000 2.8400 28,400
2008-03-13 JSDA Jones Stephen C 9,800 3.0300 9,800 3.0300 29,694
2008-03-13 JSDA Jones Stephen C 5,000 2.9000 5,000 2.9000 14,500
2008-03-13 JSDA Jones Stephen C 5,000 3.0500 5,000 3.0500 15,250
2008-03-13 JSDA Jones Stephen C 5,000 2.8000 5,000 2.8000 14,000
2008-03-13 JSDA Jones Stephen C 5,000 2.8500 5,000 2.8500 14,250
2008-03-13 JSDA Jones Stephen C 5,000 3.0100 5,000 3.0100 15,050
2008-03-13 JSDA Jones Stephen C 2,500 2.8200 2,500 2.8200 7,050
2008-03-13 JSDA Jones Stephen C 2,500 3.0699 2,500 3.0699 7,675
2008-03-13 JSDA Jones Stephen C 2,500 3.0400 2,500 3.0400 7,600
2008-03-13 JSDA Jones Stephen C 2,500 2.8800 2,500 2.8800 7,200
2008-03-13 JSDA Jones Stephen C 1,200 2.8300 1,200 2.8300 3,396
2008-03-13 JSDA Jones Stephen C 200 3.0200 200 3.0200 604

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

JSDA / Jones Soda Co. Insider Trades
Insider Sales JSDA / Jones Soda Co. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in JSDA / Jones Soda Co.. 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.

JSDA / Jones Soda Co. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Stephen C Jones 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
2008-03-17 2008-03-14 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 1,300 104,000 1.27 2.74 3,562 284,960
2008-03-17 2008-03-14 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 2,500 102,700 2.50 2.82 7,050 289,614
2008-03-17 2008-03-14 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 2,500 100,200 2.56 2.75 6,875 275,550
2008-03-17 2008-03-14 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 2,500 97,700 2.63 2.72 6,800 265,744
2008-03-17 2008-03-14 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 2,500 95,200 2.70 2.79 6,975 265,608
2008-03-17 2008-03-14 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 2,500 92,700 2.77 2.76 6,900 255,852
2008-03-17 2008-03-14 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 90,200 5.87 2.85 14,250 257,070
2008-03-17 2008-03-14 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 85,200 6.23 2.90 14,500 247,080
2008-03-17 2008-03-14 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 80,200 6.65 2.78 13,900 222,956
2008-03-17 2008-03-14 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 75,200 7.12 2.80 14,000 210,560
2008-03-17 2008-03-13 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 200 70,200 0.29 3.02 604 212,004
2008-03-17 2008-03-13 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 1,200 70,000 1.74 2.83 3,396 198,100
2008-03-17 2008-03-13 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 2,500 68,800 3.77 2.88 7,200 198,144
2008-03-17 2008-03-13 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 2,500 66,300 3.92 3.04 7,600 201,552
2008-03-17 2008-03-13 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 2,500 63,800 4.08 3.07 7,675 195,860
2008-03-17 2008-03-13 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 2,500 61,300 4.25 2.82 7,050 172,866
2008-03-17 2008-03-13 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 58,800 9.29 3.01 15,050 176,988
2008-03-17 2008-03-13 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 53,800 10.25 2.85 14,250 153,330
2008-03-17 2008-03-13 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 48,800 11.42 2.80 14,000 136,640
2008-03-17 2008-03-13 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 43,800 12.89 3.05 15,250 133,590
2008-03-17 2008-03-13 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 38,800 14.79 2.90 14,500 112,520
2008-03-17 2008-03-13 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 9,800 33,800 40.83 3.03 29,694 102,414
2008-03-17 2008-03-13 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 10,000 24,000 71.43 2.84 28,400 68,160
2008-03-17 2008-03-13 4 JSDA JONES SODA CO
Common Stock
P - Purchase 10,000 14,000 250.00 3.06 30,600 42,840
2006-03-23 3 JSDA JONES SODA CO
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)