Amerant Bancorp Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US0235761014

Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:AMTB / Amerant Bancorp Inc. Chairman, President & CEO, Director 159,435
US:WBS / Webster Financial Corporation President & COO 72,469
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Gerald P Plush. 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 AMTB / Amerant Bancorp Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in AMTB / Amerant Bancorp 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 (%)
2023-04-25 AMTB Plush Gerald P 2,500 18.1690 2,500 18.1690 45,422 245 25.5600 18,478 40.68
2022-07-25 AMTB Plush Gerald P 1,000 27.1399 1,000 27.1399 27,140
2021-05-12 AMTB Plush Gerald P 1,000 20.9107 1,000 20.9107 20,911
2021-02-08 AMTB Plush Gerald P 10,000 15.5878 10,000 15.5878 155,878

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

AMTB / Amerant Bancorp Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales AMTB / Amerant Bancorp Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in AMTB / Amerant Bancorp 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 (%)
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.

AMTB / Amerant Bancorp Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Gerald P Plush 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
2025-02-20 2025-02-18 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
F - Taxes -4,816 159,435 -2.93 23.84 -114,813 3,800,928
2025-02-20 2025-02-18 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 19,664 164,251 13.60
2024-06-17 2024-05-31 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
A - Award 591 144,069 0.41 18.61 11,000 2,680,697
2024-02-21 2024-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
F - Taxes -56,762 143,212 -28.38 22.49 -1,276,577 3,220,841
2024-02-21 2024-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 39,451 199,974 24.58
2024-02-21 2024-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 64,364 160,523 66.93
2024-02-21 2024-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 40,428 96,159 72.54
2023-07-31 2023-05-31 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
A - Award 800 55,665 1.46 15.00 12,000 834,971
2023-04-26 2023-04-25 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
P - Purchase 2,500 54,865 4.77 18.17 45,422 996,838
2023-02-21 2023-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
F - Taxes -13,460 52,365 -20.45 28.93 -389,398 1,514,912
2023-02-21 2023-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 34,204 65,825 108.17
2022-12-14 2022-11-30 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
A - Award 751 31,621 2.43 25.04 18,799 791,784
2022-07-26 2022-07-25 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
P - Purchase 1,000 30,870 3.35 27.14 27,140 837,809
2022-02-18 2022-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units LTI 2022
A - Award 22,072 22,072
2022-02-18 2022-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Restricted Stock Units LTI 2022
A - Award 14,714 14,714
2022-02-18 2022-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Restricted Stock Units LTI 2021
M - Exercise -8,508 17,017 -33.33
2022-02-18 2022-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -20,792 41,585 -33.33
2022-02-18 2022-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,348 29,870 -10.08 33.98 -113,765 1,014,983
2022-02-18 2022-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 8,508 33,218 34.43
2022-02-18 2022-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
F - Taxes -8,182 24,710 -24.88 33.98 -278,024 839,646
2022-02-18 2022-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
M - Exercise 20,792 32,892 171.83
2021-12-01 2021-12-01 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
P - Purchase X 200 100,002 0.20 28.90 5,780 2,890,058
2021-11-02 2021-11-01 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
P - Purchase X 200 99,802 0.20 26.60 5,320 2,654,733
2021-10-04 2021-10-01 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
P - Purchase X 200 99,602 0.20 24.92 4,984 2,482,082
2021-09-02 2021-09-01 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
P - Purchase X 200 99,402 0.20 26.76 5,352 2,659,998
2021-08-03 2021-08-02 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
P - Purchase X 200 99,202 0.20 22.16 4,432 2,198,316
2021-05-14 2021-05-12 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
P - Purchase 1,000 99,002 1.02 20.91 20,911 2,070,201
2021-02-18 2021-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units
A - Award 38,288 100,665 61.38
2021-02-18 2021-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units
A - Award 62,377 62,377
2021-02-18 2021-02-16 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
A - Award 87,902 98,002 870.32
2021-02-09 2021-02-08 4 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
P - Purchase 10,000 10,100 10,000.00 15.59 155,878 157,437
2019-07-25 3 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
200
2019-07-25 3 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
200
2019-07-25 3 AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Class A Common Stock
200
2013-10-02 2013-09-30 4 WBS WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -5,933 72,469 -7.57 25.38 -150,580 1,839,263
2013-02-22 2013-02-20 4 WBS WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Stock Option
A - Award 47,770 47,770 23.00 1,098,710 1,098,710
2012-12-26 2012-12-23 4 WBS WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -12,452 112,569 -9.96 20.97 -261,118 2,360,572
2012-02-24 2012-02-22 4 WBS WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Stock Option
A - Award 46,724 46,724 23.81 1,112,498 1,112,498
2012-01-25 2012-01-23 4 WBS WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -12,269 124,970 -8.94 21.02 -257,894 2,626,869
2012-01-25 2012-01-23 4 WBS WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 36,722 137,239 36.53 21.02 771,896 2,884,764
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)