Argo Group U.S., Inc. - Preferred Security
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Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of John R Jr Power. 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 John R Jr Power has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:ARGO / Argo Group International Holdings, Inc. Director 14,914
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by John R Jr Power. 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 ARGD / Argo Group U.S., Inc. - Preferred Security - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in ARGD / Argo Group U.S., Inc. - Preferred Security. 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.

ARGD / Argo Group U.S., Inc. - Preferred Security Insider Trades
Insider Sales ARGD / Argo Group U.S., Inc. - Preferred Security - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in ARGD / Argo Group U.S., Inc. - Preferred Security. 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 (%)
2018-08-29 ARGO POWER JOHN R JR 5,355 63.2419 5,355 63.2419 338,660 47 59.2000 -21,644 -6.39
2018-03-05 AGII POWER JOHN R JR 4,108 61.0900 4,108 61.0900 250,958
2017-03-01 AGII POWER JOHN R JR 4,346 68.8967 4,346 68.8967 299,425
2016-03-10 AGII POWER JOHN R JR 2,558 55.1000 2,558 55.1000 140,946
2015-02-24 AGII POWER JOHN R JR 5,500 52.6102 5,500 52.6102 289,356

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

ARGD / Argo Group U.S., Inc. - Preferred Security Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by John R Jr Power 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
2019-05-28 2019-05-24 4 ARGO Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
A - Award 974 14,914 6.99
2019-04-11 2016-03-10 4 ARGO Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -153 13,940 -1.09 55.00 -8,415 766,700
2019-04-11 2016-03-10 4 ARGO Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -1,524 14,093 -9.76 55.23 -84,171 778,356
2018-08-31 2018-08-29 4 ARGO Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Appreciation Rights
M - Exercise -7,652 0 -100.00
2018-08-31 2018-08-29 4 ARGO Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
S - Sale -5,355 16,067 -25.00 63.24 -338,660 1,016,108
2018-08-31 2018-08-29 4 ARGO Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -2,297 21,422 -9.68 63.45 -145,745 1,359,226
2018-08-31 2018-08-29 4 ARGO Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 7,652 23,719 47.63 19.04 145,694 451,610
2018-05-08 2018-05-04 4 ARGO Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
A - Award 1,189 16,067 7.99
2018-03-06 2018-03-05 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Appreciation Rights
M - Exercise -6,655 0 -100.00
2018-03-06 2018-03-05 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
S - Sale -4,108 12,938 -24.10 61.09 -250,958 790,382
2018-03-06 2018-03-05 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -2,547 17,046 -13.00 60.40 -153,839 1,029,578
2018-03-06 2018-03-05 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 6,655 19,593 51.44 23.11 153,797 452,794
2017-12-05 2017-12-01 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
M - Exercise -18,625 0 -100.00
2017-12-05 2017-12-01 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -18,625 12,938 -59.01 61.00 -1,136,125 789,218
2017-12-05 2017-12-01 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 18,625 31,563 143.96
2017-11-09 2017-11-07 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 83 18,632 0.45
2017-08-09 2017-08-08 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 84 18,549 0.45
2017-06-05 2017-06-01 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 79 18,465 0.43
2017-06-05 2017-06-01 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
A - Award 1,120 12,938 9.48
2017-03-03 2017-03-01 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Appreciation Rights
M - Exercise -6,655 0 -100.00
2017-03-03 2017-03-01 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
S - Sale -4,346 11,818 -26.89 68.90 -299,425 814,221
2017-03-03 2017-03-01 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -2,309 16,164 -12.50 68.90 -159,090 1,113,700
2017-03-03 2017-03-01 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 6,655 18,473 56.31 23.90 159,054 441,505
2017-02-22 2017-02-21 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 78 18,391 0.43
2016-11-17 2016-11-15 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 61 18,313 0.33
2016-08-04 2016-08-02 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 77 18,252 0.42
2016-05-05 2016-05-03 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 61 16,523 0.37
2016-05-05 2016-05-03 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
A - Award 1,186 10,744 12.41
2016-03-11 2016-03-11 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Appreciation Rights
M - Exercise -1,815 0 -100.00
2016-03-11 2016-03-11 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -1,815 9,558 -15.96 54.97 -99,771 525,403
2016-03-11 2016-03-11 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,815 11,373 18.99 21.85 39,658 248,500
2016-03-11 2016-03-10 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Appreciation Rights
M - Exercise -4,235 1,815 -70.00
2016-03-11 2016-03-10 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
S - Sale -2,558 9,558 -21.11 55.10 -140,946 526,646
2016-03-11 2016-03-10 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 4,235 12,116 53.74 21.85 92,535 264,735
2016-02-18 2016-02-16 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 68 16,462 0.41
2015-11-12 2015-11-10 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 51 16,393 0.31
2015-08-05 2015-08-04 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 57 16,338 0.35
2015-05-07 2015-05-05 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 64 16,281 0.39
2015-05-07 2015-05-05 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
A - Award 1,398 7,881 21.56
2015-02-26 2015-02-24 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Option (right to buy)
M - Exercise -5,500 0 -100.00
2015-02-26 2015-02-24 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
S - Sale -5,500 5,894 -48.27 52.61 -289,356 310,085
2015-02-26 2015-02-24 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 5,500 11,394 93.32 34.35 188,925 391,384
2015-02-19 2015-02-17 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 61 16,217 0.38
2014-11-06 2014-11-04 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 47 14,688 0.32
2014-08-07 2014-08-05 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 50 14,641 0.34
2014-05-07 2014-05-06 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
A - Award 1,558 5,894 35.93
2014-05-07 2014-05-05 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 57 14,591 0.39
2014-02-20 2014-02-18 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 48 14,534 0.33
2013-11-06 2013-11-05 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 567 14,266 4.14
2013-11-06 2013-11-04 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 48 13,699 0.35
2013-08-08 2013-08-06 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 549 13,651 4.19
2013-05-09 2013-05-07 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Appreciation Right
A - Award 5,000 5,000
2013-05-09 2013-05-07 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 736 11,325 6.95
2013-02-20 2013-02-15 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 813 10,659 8.26
2013-02-20 2009-12-10 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
M - Exercise -3,065 9,846 -23.74
2013-02-20 2009-12-10 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -3,065 3,942 -43.74 28.25 -86,586 111,362
2013-02-20 2009-12-10 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 3,065 7,007 77.75
2012-11-08 2012-11-06 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 739 12,853 6.10
2012-08-09 2012-08-07 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 784 12,114 6.92
2012-05-10 2012-05-08 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Appreciation Right
A - Award 5,000 5,000
2012-05-10 2012-05-08 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 885 11,330 8.47
2012-02-16 2012-02-14 4 AGII Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
Stock Units
A - Award 1,108 10,445 11.87
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)