AXIS Capital Holdings Limited - Preferred Stock
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Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:AXS / AXIS Capital Holdings Limited EVP & Chief Operating Officer 275,996
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Dennis Reding. 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 AXS.PRE / AXIS Capital Holdings Limited - Preferred Stock - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in AXS.PRE / AXIS Capital Holdings Limited - Preferred Stock. 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.

AXS.PRE / AXIS Capital Holdings Limited - Preferred Stock Insider Trades
Insider Sales AXS.PRE / AXIS Capital Holdings Limited - Preferred Stock - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in AXS.PRE / AXIS Capital Holdings Limited - Preferred Stock. 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 (%)
2013-11-06 AXS REDING DENNIS 40,000 48.0272 40,000 48.0272 1,921,088 91 42.3900 -225,488 -11.74
2012-12-20 AXS REDING DENNIS 47,339 34.9777 47,339 34.9777 1,655,809
2012-08-16 AXS REDING DENNIS 35,000 33.6766 35,000 33.6766 1,178,681
2012-03-14 AXS REDING DENNIS 43,162 33.0196 43,162 33.0196 1,425,192
2012-02-14 AXS REDING DENNIS 45,836 32.4953 45,836 32.4953 1,489,455
2010-11-22 AXS REDING DENNIS 9,504 35.5200 9,504 35.5200 337,582
2010-11-05 AXS REDING DENNIS 12,928 35.7700 12,928 35.7700 462,435
2010-11-05 AXS REDING DENNIS 400 37.7500 400 37.7500 15,100

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

AXS.PRE / AXIS Capital Holdings Limited - Preferred Stock Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Dennis Reding 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
2014-02-10 2014-02-08 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
F - Taxes -5,994 275,996 -2.13 42.54 -254,985 11,740,870
2014-02-10 2014-02-07 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
F - Taxes -11,988 281,990 -4.08 42.54 -509,970 11,995,855
2014-02-10 2014-02-06 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
F - Taxes -4,865 293,978 -1.63 42.84 -208,417 12,594,018
2014-02-06 2014-02-04 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
F - Taxes -3,141 298,843 -1.04 44.33 -139,241 13,247,710
2013-11-07 2013-11-06 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Employee Stock Option
M - Exercise -40,000 0 -100.00
2013-11-07 2013-11-06 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
S - Sale -40,000 301,984 -11.70 48.03 -1,921,088 14,503,446
2013-11-07 2013-11-06 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
M - Exercise 40,000 341,984 13.25 29.62 1,184,800 10,129,566
2013-02-12 2013-02-09 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
F - Taxes -4,496 301,984 -1.47 40.30 -181,189 12,169,955
2013-02-12 2013-02-08 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
F - Taxes -5,994 306,480 -1.92 40.30 -241,558 12,351,144
2013-02-11 2013-02-07 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
F - Taxes -10,598 312,474 -3.28 39.60 -419,681 12,373,970
2013-02-07 2013-02-06 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
F - Taxes -4,675 323,072 -1.43 39.59 -185,083 12,790,420
2013-02-06 2013-02-04 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
A - Award 37,500 327,747 12.92
2012-12-20 2012-12-20 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
S - Sale -47,339 290,247 -14.02 34.98 -1,655,809 10,152,172
2012-08-17 2012-08-16 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Employee Stock Option
M - Exercise -35,000 0 -100.00
2012-08-17 2012-08-16 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
S - Sale -35,000 337,586 -9.39 33.68 -1,178,681 11,368,749
2012-08-17 2012-08-16 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
M - Exercise 35,000 372,586 10.37 13.45 470,838 5,012,213
2012-03-16 2012-03-14 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
S - Sale -43,162 337,586 -11.34 33.02 -1,425,192 11,146,955
2012-02-15 2012-02-14 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
S - Sale -45,836 380,748 -10.74 32.50 -1,489,455 12,372,520
2012-02-10 2012-02-09 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
F - Taxes -3,980 426,584 -0.92 32.91 -130,982 14,038,879
2012-02-10 2012-02-08 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
F - Taxes -4,935 430,564 -1.13 32.56 -160,684 14,019,164
2012-02-08 2012-02-07 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
F - Taxes -8,113 435,499 -1.83 32.48 -263,510 14,145,008
2012-02-08 2012-02-06 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
A - Award 56,250 443,612 14.52
2010-11-24 2010-11-22 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
S - Sale -9,504 294,462 -3.13 35.52 -337,582 10,459,290
2010-11-19 2010-11-05 4/A AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
S - Sale -400 329,966 -0.12 37.75 -15,100 12,456,216
2010-11-19 2010-11-05 4/A AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
S - Sale -12,928 330,366 -3.77 35.77 -462,435 11,817,192
2010-11-17 2010-11-15 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
S - Sale -26,000 303,966 -7.88 35.71 -928,460 10,854,626
2007-01-31 2007-01-30 4 AXS AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
Common Shares
A - Award 75,000 301,332 33.14
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)