Bicycle Therapeutics plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock)
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US0887861088

Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:BCYC / Bicycle Therapeutics plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER 62,024
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Nicholas Keen. 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 BCYC / Bicycle Therapeutics plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in BCYC / Bicycle Therapeutics plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock). 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.

BCYC / Bicycle Therapeutics plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) Insider Trades
Insider Sales BCYC / Bicycle Therapeutics plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in BCYC / Bicycle Therapeutics plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock). 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 (%)
2024-07-03 BCYC Keen Nicholas 779 19.6400 779 19.6400 15,300 279 6.3800 -10,329 -67.51
2024-04-03 BCYC Keen Nicholas 790 23.8100 790 23.8100 18,810
2024-01-03 BCYC Keen Nicholas 2,640 17.5000 2,640 17.5000 46,200
2023-10-03 BCYC Keen Nicholas 272 20.0000 272 20.0000 5,440
2023-07-03 BCYC Keen Nicholas 336 25.1000 336 25.1000 8,434
2023-04-03 BCYC Keen Nicholas 319 21.1100 319 21.1100 6,734
2023-01-03 BCYC Keen Nicholas 1,817 29.0600 1,817 29.0600 52,802

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

BCYC / Bicycle Therapeutics plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock) Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Nicholas Keen 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
2024-07-08 2024-07-03 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS PLC
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale -779 62,024 -1.24 19.64 -15,300 1,218,151
2024-04-05 2024-04-03 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale -790 62,803 -1.24 23.81 -18,810 1,495,339
2024-01-04 2024-01-03 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale -2,640 63,593 -3.99 17.50 -46,200 1,112,878
2024-01-04 2024-01-02 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
A - Award 28,000 66,233 73.24
2023-10-05 2023-10-03 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale -272 38,233 -0.71 20.00 -5,440 764,660
2023-07-06 2023-07-03 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale -336 38,505 -0.87 25.10 -8,434 966,476
2023-04-05 2023-04-03 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale -319 38,841 -0.81 21.11 -6,734 819,934
2023-01-05 2023-01-03 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale -1,817 39,160 -4.43 29.06 -52,802 1,137,990
2023-01-05 2023-01-03 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
A - Award 17,500 40,977 74.54
2022-01-05 2022-01-03 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
A - Award 30,000 30,000
2022-01-05 2022-01-03 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
A - Award 15,000 23,477 176.95
2021-12-22 2021-12-21 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Stock Option (Right to Buy)
M - Exercise -15,477 161,927 -8.72
2021-12-22 2021-12-21 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
M - Exercise 15,477 15,477 14.00 216,678 216,678
2021-10-05 2021-10-05 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale X -2,178 0 -100.00 45.10 -98,228
2021-10-05 2021-10-01 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale X -1,188 2,178 -35.29 45.00 -53,460 98,010
2021-09-17 2021-09-16 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale X -1,955 3,366 -36.74 45.01 -87,995 151,504
2021-09-17 2021-09-15 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale X -3,000 5,321 -36.05 45.00 -135,000 239,445
2021-09-03 2021-09-02 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale X -10,000 8,321 -54.58 40.00 -400,000 332,840
2021-07-16 2021-07-14 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale X -10,000 18,321 -35.31 35.00 -350,000 641,235
2021-04-02 2021-03-31 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale X -10,000 28,321 -26.10 30.00 -300,000 849,630
2021-03-16 2021-03-15 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale X -217 38,321 -0.56 28.00 -6,076 1,072,988
2021-03-16 2021-03-12 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale X -283 38,538 -0.73 29.00 -8,207 1,117,602
2021-03-16 2021-03-12 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Ordinary Shares
S - Sale X -9,500 38,821 -19.66 28.48 -270,560 1,105,622
2021-01-05 2021-01-04 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
A - Award 70,500 70,500
2020-04-27 2019-06-28 4/A BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 177,404 177,404
2020-01-06 2020-01-02 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
A - Award 60,000 60,000
2019-05-30 2019-05-28 4 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS plc
Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 177,404 177,404
2019-05-22 3 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS Ltd
Ordinary Shares
96,642
2019-05-22 3 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS Ltd
Ordinary Shares
96,642
2019-05-22 3 BCYC BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS Ltd
Ordinary Shares
96,642
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)