Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:XEC / Cimarex Energy Co. EVP-Exploration 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 John Lambuth. 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 John Lambuth 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
2021-10-05 2021-10-01 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -134,793 0 -100.00
2021-10-05 2021-10-01 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -88,282 134,793 -39.58 87.20 -7,698,190 11,753,950
2021-10-05 2021-10-01 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
A - Award 24,406 223,075 12.28
2021-08-27 2021-08-27 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -10,000 198,669 -4.79 63.75 -637,546 12,666,063
2021-02-26 2021-02-24 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,617 208,669 -1.70 57.21 -206,938 11,938,496
2021-02-26 2021-02-24 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,383 212,286 -1.57 58.22 -196,965 12,359,694
2021-02-26 2021-02-24 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,000 215,669 -1.37 56.45 -169,338 12,173,652
2020-12-14 2020-12-10 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
A - Award 37,413 218,669 20.64
2020-12-14 2020-12-10 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
A - Award 39,380 181,256 27.76
2020-12-03 2020-12-01 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
J - Other -19,003 141,876 -11.81 36.16 -687,148 5,130,236
2020-12-03 2020-12-01 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -8,358 160,879 -4.94 36.16 -302,225 5,817,385
2019-12-09 2019-12-05 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
A - Award 31,597 169,237 22.96
2019-12-09 2019-12-05 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
A - Award 31,412 137,640 29.57
2019-12-03 2019-12-01 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -7,852 106,228 -6.88 45.97 -360,956 4,883,301
2019-12-03 2019-12-01 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
J - Other -14,028 114,080 -10.95 45.97 -644,867 5,244,258
2018-12-10 2018-12-09 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
J - Other -10,851 128,108 -7.81 75.22 -816,212 9,636,284
2018-12-10 2018-12-09 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -10,622 138,959 -7.10 75.22 -798,987 10,452,496
2018-12-10 2018-12-06 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
A - Award 16,619 149,581 12.50
2018-12-10 2018-12-06 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
A - Award 19,894 132,962 17.59
2017-12-15 2017-12-13 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -13,000 113,068 -10.31 113.74 -1,478,599 12,860,173
2017-12-11 2017-12-10 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -18,470 126,068 -12.78 111.90 -2,066,793 14,107,009
2017-12-11 2017-12-07 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
A - Award 38,006 144,538 35.68
2017-08-11 2017-08-10 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,136 106,532 -1.97 99.84 -213,258 10,636,155
2017-07-17 2017-07-13 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,864 108,668 -1.69 92.48 -172,383 10,049,617
2016-12-16 2016-12-14 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,500 110,532 -2.21 139.12 -347,802 15,377,322
2016-12-16 2016-12-14 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -6,427 113,032 -5.38 138.45 -889,793 15,648,840
2016-12-16 2016-12-14 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -9,769 119,459 -7.56 137.47 -1,342,914 16,421,658
2016-12-13 2016-12-12 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -16,304 129,228 -11.20 143.64 -2,341,825 18,561,664
2016-12-12 2016-12-08 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
A - Award 31,880 145,532 28.05
2016-08-08 2016-08-05 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,720 113,652 -2.34 125.50 -341,360 14,263,326
2016-07-15 2016-07-13 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,280 116,372 -1.09 118.90 -152,195 13,836,922
2015-12-11 2015-12-09 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
A - Award 35,001 117,652 42.35
2015-11-24 2015-11-23 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,820 82,651 -3.30 118.22 -333,390 9,771,282
2015-09-15 2015-09-15 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -10,000 85,471 -10.47 104.52 -1,045,200 8,933,429
2015-09-14 2015-09-13 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -11,180 95,471 -10.48 105.00 -1,173,900 10,024,455
2015-08-07 2015-08-07 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,672 106,651 -2.44 111.40 -297,664 11,881,049
2015-07-06 2015-07-01 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,328 109,323 -1.20 109.24 -145,071 11,942,445
2014-12-24 2014-12-10 4/A XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
A - Award 39,651 110,651 55.85
2014-12-11 2014-12-10 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
A - Award 41,284 112,284 58.15
2014-08-12 2014-08-12 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,335 71,000 -1.85 138.54 -184,951 9,836,340
2014-06-24 2014-06-23 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,165 72,335 -1.59 142.61 -166,141 10,315,694
2013-12-30 2013-12-30 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,467 73,500 -3.25 102.24 -252,230 7,514,765
2013-12-12 2013-12-12 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
A - Award 35,000 75,967 85.43
2013-08-16 2013-08-16 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,000 40,967 -6.82 80.36 -241,074 3,292,022
2013-07-24 2013-07-23 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,600 43,967 -3.51 75.11 -120,176 3,302,361
2012-09-24 2012-09-13 4 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
A - Award 24,000 69,537 52.70
2012-09-24 3 XEC CIMAREX ENERGY CO
Common Stock
45,537
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)