Townsquare Media, Inc.
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Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:TSQ / Townsquare Media, Inc. Director 105,890
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by David Lebow. 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 TSQ / Townsquare Media, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in TSQ / Townsquare Media, Inc.. 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 (%)
2014-07-29 TSQ Lebow David 6,700 11.0000 6,700 11.0000 73,700 219 14.2600 21,842 29.64

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

TSQ / Townsquare Media, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales TSQ / Townsquare Media, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in TSQ / Townsquare Media, Inc.. 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 (%)
2023-08-30 TSQ Lebow David 5,457 9.4200 5,457 9.4200 51,405 58 8.1900 -6,711 -13.06
2023-08-29 TSQ Lebow David 5,529 9.3000 5,529 9.3000 51,420
2023-08-28 TSQ Lebow David 5,374 9.7200 5,374 9.7200 52,235
2023-08-25 TSQ Lebow David 4,024 9.7000 4,024 9.7000 39,033
2019-03-14 TSQ Lebow David 6,700 5.3420 6,700 5.3420 35,791

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

TSQ / Townsquare Media, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by David Lebow 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
2025-01-08 2025-01-02 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
A - Award 14,301 105,890 15.61 9.09 129,996 962,540
2024-01-19 2024-01-17 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
A - Award 12,381 89,089 16.14 10.50 130,000 935,434
2023-08-31 2023-08-30 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 505 74,208 0.69 8.74 4,414 648,578
2023-08-31 2023-08-30 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
S - Sale -5,457 74,208 -6.85 9.42 -51,405 699,039
2023-08-31 2023-08-30 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 5,457 79,665 7.35 8.74 47,694 696,272
2023-08-31 2023-08-29 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 436 79,665 0.55 8.74 3,811 696,272
2023-08-31 2023-08-29 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
S - Sale -5,529 79,665 -6.49 9.30 -51,420 740,884
2023-08-31 2023-08-29 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 5,529 85,194 6.94 8.74 48,323 744,596
2023-08-29 2023-08-28 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 590 85,194 0.70 8.74 5,157 744,596
2023-08-29 2023-08-28 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
S - Sale -5,374 85,194 -5.93 9.72 -52,235 828,086
2023-08-29 2023-08-28 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 5,374 90,568 6.31 8.74 46,969 791,564
2023-08-29 2023-08-25 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 451 90,568 0.50 8.74 3,942 791,564
2023-08-29 2023-08-25 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
S - Sale -4,024 90,568 -4.25 9.70 -39,033 878,510
2023-08-29 2023-08-25 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 4,024 94,592 4.44 8.74 35,170 826,734
2023-01-20 2023-01-18 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
A - Award 17,219 94,592 22.25
2022-02-16 2022-02-14 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
A - Award 8,291 81,860 11.27
2020-12-23 2020-12-21 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Option to Purchase Class A Common Stock
A - Award 10,000 41,853 31.39
2020-12-23 2020-12-21 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
A - Award 15,220 73,569 26.08
2019-11-20 2019-11-18 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
A - Award 12,562 58,349 27.44
2019-03-18 2019-03-14 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
S - Sale -6,700 45,787 -12.77 5.34 -35,791 244,594
2018-08-20 2018-08-17 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Options to Purchase Class A Common Stock
A - Award 9,487 31,853 42.42
2018-08-20 2018-08-17 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Options to Purchase Class A Common Stock
A - Award 22,366 32,366 223.66
2018-08-20 2018-08-17 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
A - Award 12,135 52,487 30.07
2018-08-20 2018-08-16 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Options to Purchase Class A Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -10,000 22,366 -30.90
2018-08-20 2018-08-16 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Options to Purchase Class A Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -26,057 10,000 -72.27
2017-01-05 2017-01-03 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Option to Purchase Class A Common Stock
A - Award 26,057 36,057 260.57
2017-01-05 2017-01-03 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Option to Purchase Class A Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -26,057 10,000 -72.27
2016-01-28 2016-01-26 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Option to Purchase Class A Common Stock
A - Award 10,000 36,057 38.38
2014-07-29 2014-07-29 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
P - Purchase 6,700 34,556 24.05 11.00 73,700 380,116
2014-07-29 2014-07-25 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Option to Purchase Class A Common Stock
A - Award 26,057 26,057
2014-07-29 2014-07-25 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class B Common Units
J - Other -40,000 0 -100.00
2014-07-29 2014-07-25 4 TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
J - Other 1,799 1,799
2014-07-23 3 TSQ Townsquare Media, LLC
Class B Common Units
80,000
2014-07-23 3 TSQ Townsquare Media, LLC
Class B Common Units
80,000
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)