Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:APD / Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Executive VP & General Counsel 14,273
US:JOY / Joy Global, Inc. EVP, GC and Secretary 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 Sean D Major. 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 Sean D Major 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
2025-02-10 2025-02-07 4 APD Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Common Stock
S - Sale -4,500 14,273 -23.97 315.46 -1,419,570 4,502,561
2024-12-04 2024-12-03 4 APD Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,446 18,773 -7.15 333.65 -482,458 6,263,611
2024-12-04 2024-12-03 4 APD Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,047 20,219 -4.92 333.65 -349,332 6,746,069
2024-12-04 2024-12-03 4 APD Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 2,827 21,266 15.33
2024-12-04 2024-12-02 4 APD Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 2,425 18,439 15.14
2023-12-05 2023-12-04 4 APD Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,204 16,014 -6.99 270.66 -325,875 4,334,349
2023-12-05 2023-12-01 4 APD Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Common Stock
J - Other 43 322 15.41
2023-12-05 2023-12-01 4 APD Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 2,943 17,218 20.62
2022-12-22 2022-12-20 4 APD Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Common Stock
S - Sale -485 14,275 -3.29 313.00 -151,803 4,468,018
2022-12-06 2022-12-05 4 APD Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -905 14,760 -5.78 315.68 -285,690 4,659,437
2022-12-06 2022-12-02 4 APD Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -191 15,665 -1.20 315.31 -60,224 4,939,331
2022-12-06 2022-12-02 4 APD Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 530 15,856 3.46
2022-12-02 2022-12-01 4 APD Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Common Stock
J - Other 44 279 18.71
2022-12-02 2022-12-01 4 APD Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Common Stock
A - Award 1,983 15,326 14.86
2021-12-06 2021-12-03 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
S - Sale -6,000 13,343 -31.02 288.96 -1,733,760 3,855,593
2021-12-06 2021-12-03 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
F - Taxes -2,913 19,343 -13.09 288.26 -839,701 5,575,813
2021-12-06 2021-12-03 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
A - Award 6,068 22,256 37.48
2021-12-02 2021-12-01 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
J - Other 47 235 25.07
2021-12-02 2021-12-01 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,186 16,188 -6.83 289.54 -343,394 4,687,074
2021-12-02 2021-12-01 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
A - Award 1,890 17,374 12.21
2020-12-03 2020-12-01 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
J - Other 53 188 39.26
2020-12-03 2020-12-01 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,556 15,484 -18.68 282.64 -1,005,068 4,376,398
2020-12-03 2020-12-01 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
A - Award 2,046 19,040 12.04
2020-12-03 2020-12-01 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
A - Award 7,408 16,994 77.28
2019-12-03 2019-12-02 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
J - Other 62 135 84.93
2019-12-03 2019-12-02 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
A - Award 2,354 9,586 32.55
2019-05-02 2019-05-01 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,270 7,232 -14.94 204.55 -259,778 1,479,306
2018-12-04 2018-12-04 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
J - Other 73 73
2018-12-04 2018-12-03 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
A - Award 2,513 8,502 41.96
2017-12-04 2017-12-01 4 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
A - Award 2,469 5,989 70.14
2017-05-19 3 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
7,040
2017-05-19 3 APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/
Common Stock
7,040
2017-04-07 2017-04-05 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
D - Sale to Issuer -51,200 0 -100.00 16.11 -824,832
2017-04-07 2017-04-05 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -67,877 0 -100.00 28.30 -1,920,919
2017-04-07 2017-04-05 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
J - Other -34,112 67,877 -33.45
2017-04-07 2017-04-05 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 24,800 101,989 32.13
2017-01-17 2017-01-13 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 21 77,189 0.03
2016-12-22 2016-12-21 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -25,421 51,200 -33.18
2016-12-22 2016-12-21 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -15,986 77,168 -17.16 28.01 -447,768 2,161,476
2016-12-22 2016-12-21 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -25,421 93,154 -21.44 28.01 -712,042 2,609,244
2016-12-22 2016-12-21 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 25,421 118,575 27.29 12.19 309,882 1,445,429
2016-12-22 2016-12-20 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -179 76,621 -0.23
2016-12-22 2016-12-20 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -179 93,154 -0.19 28.10 -5,030 2,617,627
2016-12-22 2016-12-20 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 179 93,333 0.19 12.19 2,182 1,137,729
2016-12-09 2016-12-07 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,666 93,154 -1.76 28.03 -46,698 2,611,107
2016-12-07 2016-12-05 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 34,100 94,820 56.16
2016-12-07 2016-12-05 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -291 60,720 -0.48 28.09 -8,174 1,705,625
2016-12-07 2016-12-05 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -433 61,011 -0.70 28.09 -12,163 1,713,799
2016-12-06 2016-12-02 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -294 61,444 -0.48 28.08 -8,256 1,725,348
2016-12-06 2016-12-02 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -225 61,738 -0.36 28.08 -6,318 1,733,603
2016-10-05 2016-10-03 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 14 61,963 0.02
2016-07-08 2016-07-06 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 18 61,949 0.03
2016-04-06 2016-04-04 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 25 61,931 0.04
2016-01-19 2016-01-15 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 43 61,906 0.07
2015-12-09 2015-12-07 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
A - Award 76,800 76,800
2015-12-09 2015-12-07 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -351 61,863 -0.56 12.19 -4,279 754,110
2015-12-09 2015-12-07 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -298 62,214 -0.48 12.19 -3,633 758,389
2015-12-09 2015-12-07 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 18,000 62,512 40.44
2015-12-09 2015-12-07 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 14,500 44,512 48.31
2015-12-04 2015-12-03 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -443 30,012 -1.45 13.43 -5,949 403,061
2015-12-04 2015-12-02 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -300 30,455 -0.98 13.96 -4,188 425,152
2015-12-04 2015-12-02 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -231 30,755 -0.75 13.96 -3,225 429,340
2015-09-21 2015-09-18 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 117 30,986 0.38
2015-06-22 2015-06-18 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 53 30,869 0.17
2015-03-20 2015-03-18 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 52 30,816 0.17
2014-12-22 2014-12-18 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 43 30,764 0.14
2014-12-09 2014-12-08 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -311 30,721 -1.00 50.17 -15,603 1,541,273
2014-12-09 2014-12-08 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -343 31,032 -1.09 50.17 -17,208 1,556,875
2014-12-09 2014-12-05 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -292 31,375 -0.92 51.38 -15,003 1,612,048
2014-12-04 2014-12-02 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
A - Award 20,300 20,300
2014-12-04 2014-12-02 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -226 31,667 -0.71 50.31 -11,370 1,593,167
2014-12-04 2014-12-02 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 2,500 31,893 8.51
2014-09-22 2014-09-18 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 36 29,393 0.12
2014-07-18 2014-07-16 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
S - Sale X -1,500 29,357 -4.86 64.00 -96,000 1,878,848
2014-07-18 2014-07-16 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise X -9,333 0 -100.00 52.81 -492,876
2014-07-18 2014-07-16 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
S - Sale X -9,333 30,857 -23.22 64.00 -597,312 1,974,848
2014-07-18 2014-07-16 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise X 9,333 40,190 30.25 52.81 492,876 2,122,434
2014-06-20 2014-06-20 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -900 30,857 -2.83 62.82 -56,538 1,938,437
2014-06-20 2014-06-20 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -400 31,757 -1.24 62.82 -25,128 1,995,006
2014-06-20 2014-06-20 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -100 32,157 -0.31 62.82 -6,282 2,020,199
2014-06-20 2014-06-20 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -600 32,257 -1.83 62.82 -37,694 2,026,514
2014-06-20 2014-06-18 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 35 32,857 0.11
2014-03-20 2014-03-18 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 34 32,822 0.10
2013-12-19 2013-12-18 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 35 32,788 0.11
2013-12-19 2013-12-17 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,156 32,753 -3.41 53.52 -61,869 1,752,941
2013-12-13 2013-12-11 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 2,324 33,909 7.36
2013-12-10 2013-12-09 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,586 31,585 -4.78 55.93 -88,705 1,766,549
2013-12-10 2013-12-06 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -480 33,171 -1.43 55.98 -26,870 1,856,913
2013-12-04 2013-12-02 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
A - Award 16,000 16,000
2013-12-04 2013-12-02 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 1,900 33,651 5.98
2013-09-19 2013-09-18 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 43 31,751 0.14
2013-06-20 2013-06-18 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 44 31,708 0.14
2013-03-20 2013-03-18 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 37 31,664 0.12
2013-03-04 2013-03-01 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -10,000 0 -100.00
2013-03-04 2013-03-01 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -10,000 31,627 -24.02 62.02 -620,194 1,961,488
2013-03-04 2013-03-01 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 10,000 41,627 31.62 21.69 216,900 902,890
2013-03-04 2013-02-28 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -5,000 10,000 -33.33
2013-03-04 2013-02-28 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -5,000 31,627 -13.65 63.64 -318,216 2,012,847
2013-03-04 2013-02-28 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 5,000 36,627 15.81 21.69 108,450 794,440
2012-12-20 2012-12-19 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,658 31,627 -4.98 62.57 -103,741 1,978,901
2012-12-20 2012-12-19 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 3,750 33,285 12.70
2012-12-20 2012-12-18 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 36 29,535 0.12
2012-12-11 2012-12-10 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,012 29,499 -3.32 57.92 -58,615 1,708,582
2012-12-11 2012-12-07 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -381 30,511 -1.23 57.43 -21,881 1,752,247
2012-12-05 2012-12-03 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
A - Award 10,000 10,000
2012-12-05 2012-12-03 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -471 30,892 -1.50 56.18 -26,461 1,735,513
2012-12-05 2012-12-03 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 3,600 31,363 12.97
2012-09-20 2012-09-18 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 38 27,763 0.14
2012-06-19 2012-06-18 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 42 27,725 0.15
2012-03-21 2012-03-19 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
A - Award 29 27,683 0.10
2012-03-07 2012-03-06 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,000 27,654 -3.49 78.64 -78,643 2,174,794
2012-01-19 2012-01-17 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
S - Sale X -3,500 28,654 -10.89 84.00 -294,000 2,406,936
2012-01-12 2012-01-10 4 JOY JOY GLOBAL INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,719 32,154 -10.37 81.89 -304,549 2,633,091
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)