Brady Corporation
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Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:BRC / Brady Corporation VP, Tax & Treasury 9,397
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Paul Meyer. 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 BRC / Brady Corporation - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in BRC / Brady Corporation. 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.

BRC / Brady Corporation Insider Trades
Insider Sales BRC / Brady Corporation - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in BRC / Brady Corporation. 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 (%)
2016-06-09 BRC Meyer Paul 1,166 32.4153 1,166 32.4153 37,796 19 29.0000 -3,982 -10.54
2016-06-09 BRC Meyer Paul 2,333 32.4153 2,333 32.4153 75,625
2016-06-09 BRC Meyer Paul 3,500 32.4153 3,500 32.4153 113,454
2016-06-09 BRC Meyer Paul 1,737 32.4153 1,737 32.4153 56,305
2016-06-09 BRC Meyer Paul 1,115 32.4153 1,115 32.4153 36,143
2015-12-04 BRC Meyer Paul 222 25.5100 222 25.5100 5,663
2015-11-23 BRC Meyer Paul 183 26.0600 183 26.0600 4,769
2014-12-30 BRC Meyer Paul 180 27.2600 180 27.2600 4,907

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

BRC / Brady Corporation Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Paul Meyer 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
2016-10-03 2016-09-30 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
I - Other 6,726 9,397 251.82 34.77 233,863 326,734
2016-09-27 2016-09-25 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
F - Taxes -140 2,671 -4.98 35.14 -4,920 93,859
2016-09-27 2016-09-23 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Stock Option
A - Award 3,215 3,215
2016-09-27 2016-09-23 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
A - Award 712 2,811 33.92
2016-09-22 2016-09-20 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
F - Taxes -91 2,099 -4.16 34.88 -3,174 73,203
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Exercise of Stock Option
M - Exercise -1,115 2,228 -33.35
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Exercise of Stock Option
M - Exercise -1,737 868 -66.68
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Exercise of Stock Option
M - Exercise -3,500 0 -100.00
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Exercise of Stock Option
M - Exercise -2,333 0 -100.00
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Exercise of Stock Option
M - Exercise -1,166 0 -100.00
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
S - Sale -1,115 2,190 -33.74 32.42 -36,143 70,990
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,115 3,305 50.91 25.23 28,131 83,385
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
S - Sale -1,737 2,190 -44.23 32.42 -56,305 70,990
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,737 3,927 79.32 31.07 53,969 122,012
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
S - Sale -3,500 2,190 -61.51 32.42 -113,454 70,990
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 3,500 5,690 159.82 30.21 105,735 171,895
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
S - Sale -2,333 2,190 -51.58 32.42 -75,625 70,990
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 2,333 4,523 106.53 27.00 62,991 122,121
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
S - Sale -1,166 2,190 -34.74 32.42 -37,796 70,990
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,166 3,356 53.24 29.10 33,931 97,660
2015-12-07 2015-12-04 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
S - Sale -222 2,190 -9.20 25.51 -5,663 55,867
2015-11-30 2015-11-28 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
F - Taxes -112 2,412 -4.44 26.34 -2,950 63,532
2015-11-23 2015-11-23 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
S - Sale -183 2,524 -6.76 26.06 -4,769 65,775
2015-09-29 2015-09-25 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Stock Option
A - Award 5,138 5,138
2015-09-29 2015-09-25 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
A - Award 1,253 2,707 86.18
2015-09-22 2015-09-20 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
F - Taxes -88 1,454 -5.71 20.49 -1,803 29,792
2014-12-31 2014-12-30 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
S - Sale -180 1,542 -10.45 27.26 -4,907 42,035
2014-12-01 2014-11-28 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Stock Option
A - Award 3,343 3,343
2014-12-01 2014-11-28 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
A - Award 1,000 1,722 138.50
2014-10-27 2014-09-20 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
F - Taxes -92 722 -11.30 23.00 -2,116 16,606
2013-09-24 2013-09-20 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Stock Option
A - Award 2,605 2,605
2013-09-24 2013-09-20 4 BRC BRADY CORP
Class A Common Stock
A - Award 814 814 30.72 25,006 25,006
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)