NioCorp Developments Ltd.
US ˙ NasdaqGM ˙ CA6544846091

Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:NIOBF / NioCorp Developments Ltd Director 621,986
US:PPBI / Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. Director 32,598
US:HEOP / Heritage Oaks Bancorp Director 3,722
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Michael James Morris. 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 NB / NioCorp Developments Ltd. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in NB / NioCorp Developments Ltd.. 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.

NB / NioCorp Developments Ltd. Insider Trades
Insider Sales NB / NioCorp Developments Ltd. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in NB / NioCorp Developments Ltd.. 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 (%)
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.

NB / NioCorp Developments Ltd. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Michael James Morris 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
2022-11-29 2022-11-28 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Common Shares
F - Taxes -138,462 621,986 -18.21 0.87 -121,099 543,989
2022-11-29 2022-11-28 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Common Shares
M - Exercise 300,000 760,448 65.15 0.40 121,110 306,993
2022-11-29 2022-11-28 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Common Shares
F - Taxes -100,428 460,448 -17.91 0.87 -87,834 402,708
2022-11-29 2022-11-28 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Common Shares
M - Exercise 250,000 560,876 80.42 0.35 87,825 197,036
2022-03-03 2022-03-01 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Director Stock Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -350,000 0 -100.00
2022-03-03 2022-03-01 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Common Shares
F - Taxes -235,399 310,876 -43.09 0.89 -209,482 276,649
2022-03-03 2022-03-01 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Common Shares
M - Exercise 350,000 546,275 178.32 0.60 209,475 326,946
2021-12-17 2021-12-17 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 325,000 325,000
2021-03-12 2021-03-10 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -300,000 0 -100.00
2021-03-12 2021-03-10 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Common Shares
F - Taxes -158,975 196,275 -44.75 0.93 -147,211 181,751
2021-03-12 2021-03-10 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Common Shares
M - Exercise 300,000 355,250 542.99 0.53 158,970 188,247
2020-10-20 2020-09-18 4/A NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 250,000 250,000
2020-09-21 2020-09-18 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award -30,000 250,000 -10.71
2020-09-21 2020-09-18 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Common Shares
M - Exercise 30,000 130,000 30.00 0.47 14,091 61,061
2020-09-21 2020-09-18 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 250,000 250,000
2020-04-02 2020-03-31 4 PPBI PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP INC
PPBI Common Stock
A - Award 3,503 32,598 12.04
2019-03-04 2019-02-28 4 PPBI PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP INC
PPBI Common Stock
A - Award 2,010 29,095 7.42
2019-01-30 2019-01-29 4 PPBI PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP INC
Options on PPBI Common Stock
M - Exercise -867 0 -100.00
2019-01-30 2019-01-29 4 PPBI PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP INC
PPBI Common Stock
M - Exercise 867 27,085 3.31 12.97 11,245 351,292
2018-12-06 2018-11-15 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 300,000 300,000
2018-03-02 2018-02-28 4 PPBI PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP INC
PPBI Common Stock
A - Award 1,427 26,218 5.76
2018-01-19 2018-01-17 4 PPBI PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP INC
Options on PPBI Common Stock
M - Exercise -911 0 -100.00 33.08 -30,136
2018-01-19 2018-01-17 4 PPBI PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP INC
PPBI Common Stock
M - Exercise 911 24,791 3.81 33.08 30,136 820,086
2017-11-13 2017-11-09 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 250,000 250,000
2017-04-11 3 PPBI PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP INC
PPBI Common Stock
47,760
2017-04-11 3 PPBI PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP INC
PPBI Common Stock
47,760
2017-03-08 2017-03-06 4 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 350,000 350,000
2016-10-28 3 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Common Shares
110,500
2016-10-28 3 NIOBF NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Common Shares
110,500
2016-09-06 2016-09-01 4 HEOP HERITAGE OAKS BANCORP
Common stock
A - Award 3,722 3,722 8.06 29,999 29,999
2015-08-05 2015-08-03 4 HEOP HERITAGE OAKS BANCORP
Common stock
A - Award 3,736 3,736 8.03 30,000 30,000
2014-08-05 2014-08-01 4 HEOP HERITAGE OAKS BANCORP
Common Stock
A - Award 3,591 61,346 6.22 6.96 24,993 426,968
2014-05-13 2014-05-09 4 HEOP HERITAGE OAKS BANCORP
Common Stock
P - Purchase 1,500 57,755 2.67 7.15 10,725 412,948
2013-08-05 2013-08-01 4 HEOP HERITAGE OAKS BANCORP
Common Stock
A - Award 2,255 74,130 3.14 6.65 14,996 492,964
2012-05-03 2012-05-01 4 HEOP HERITAGE OAKS BANCORP
Common Stock
A - Award 1,800 54,000 3.45 5.00 9,000 270,000
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)