Gray Media, Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US3893751061

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of James C Ryan. 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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See the list of most profitable insider traders.

Companies with Reported Insider Positions

The SEC filings indicate James C Ryan has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:GTN / Gray Media, Inc. EVP & Chief Financial Officer 680,799
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by James C Ryan. 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 GTN / Gray Media, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in GTN / Gray Media, 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 (%)
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.

GTN / Gray Media, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales GTN / Gray Media, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in GTN / Gray Media, 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.

GTN / Gray Media, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by James C Ryan 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
2024-07-02 2024-06-30 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -130,000 680,799 -16.03
2024-03-01 2024-02-29 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -15,689 810,799 -1.90 5.84 -91,624 4,735,066
2024-02-16 2024-02-14 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 260,000 826,488 45.90 8.10 2,106,000 6,694,553
2024-02-02 2024-01-31 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -15,970 566,488 -2.74 9.55 -152,514 5,409,960
2023-12-08 2023-12-01 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -10,936 582,458 -1.84 8.20 -89,675 4,776,156
2023-04-12 2023-04-10 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 210,390 593,394 54.93 8.47 1,782,003 5,026,047
2023-02-02 2023-01-31 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -24,308 383,004 -5.97 12.96 -315,032 4,963,732
2022-12-02 2022-12-01 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -10,936 407,312 -2.61 11.57 -126,530 4,712,600
2022-05-17 2022-05-17 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
S - Sale X -34,200 418,248 -7.56 20.31 -694,602 8,494,617
2022-05-17 2022-05-16 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
S - Sale X -11,511 452,448 -2.48 20.01 -230,335 9,053,484
2022-05-17 2022-05-13 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
S - Sale X -289 463,959 -0.06 20.00 -5,780 9,279,180
2022-05-10 2022-05-06 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
S - Sale X -4,000 464,248 -0.85 20.00 -80,000 9,284,960
2022-04-04 2022-04-01 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
S - Sale X -50,000 468,248 -9.65 22.13 -1,106,500 10,362,328
2022-03-03 2022-03-01 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
S - Sale X -50,000 518,248 -8.80 23.75 -1,187,500 12,308,390
2022-02-15 2022-02-11 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 74,458 568,248 15.08
2022-02-01 2022-01-31 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -28,439 493,790 -5.45 20.85 -592,953 10,295,522
2021-12-03 2021-12-01 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 96,993 522,229 22.81
2021-03-01 2021-02-28 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -9,452 425,236 -2.17 18.15 -171,554 7,718,033
2021-02-10 2021-02-08 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 66,334 434,688 18.01
2021-02-02 2021-01-31 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -18,264 368,354 -4.72 17.05 -311,401 6,280,436
2021-01-05 2021-01-02 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -26,362 386,618 -6.38 17.89 -471,616 6,916,596
2020-03-31 2020-03-27 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -31,138 412,980 -7.01 11.94 -371,788 4,930,981
2020-03-31 2020-03-27 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 57,398 444,118 14.84 1.99 114,222 883,795
2020-03-31 2012-04-02 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Options - Common Stock (GTN)
M - Exercise -57,398 0 -100.00
2020-03-03 2020-02-28 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -9,452 386,720 -2.39 18.92 -178,832 7,316,742
2020-02-03 2020-01-31 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -21,203 396,172 -5.08 20.28 -429,997 8,034,368
2020-01-16 2020-01-14 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 55,691 417,375 15.40
2019-03-04 2019-02-28 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -18,669 361,684 -4.91 21.91 -409,038 7,924,496
2019-02-04 2019-02-01 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 65,794 427,038 18.21
2019-02-04 2019-01-31 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -19,109 361,244 -5.02 16.71 -319,311 6,036,387
2019-01-04 2019-01-02 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 57,576 380,353 17.84
2018-02-16 2018-02-14 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 83,078 322,777 34.66 15.25 1,266,940 4,922,349
2018-02-02 2018-01-31 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -27,045 239,699 -10.14 16.35 -442,186 3,919,079
2017-02-02 2017-01-31 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -15,295 266,744 -5.42 11.85 -181,246 3,160,916
2017-01-20 2017-01-18 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 74,547 282,039 35.93
2017-01-19 2017-01-17 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -6,664 207,492 -3.11 10.05 -66,973 2,085,295
2016-03-22 2016-03-19 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -5,646 214,156 -2.57 12.69 -71,648 2,717,640
2016-02-02 2016-01-31 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -5,738 219,802 -2.54 13.15 -75,455 2,890,396
2016-01-26 2016-01-21 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 51,858 225,720 29.83
2016-01-20 2016-01-17 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -4,931 173,682 -2.76 13.76 -67,851 2,389,864
2015-03-20 2015-03-19 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -5,646 178,613 -3.06 14.46 -81,641 2,582,744
2015-01-29 2015-01-27 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 25,804 184,259 16.28
2015-01-29 2015-01-27 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 25,804 184,259 16.28
2015-01-21 2015-01-17 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -4,705 143,750 -3.17 10.19 -47,944 1,464,812
2015-01-21 2015-01-01 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -5,453 138,297 -3.79 11.20 -61,074 1,548,926
2015-01-21 2014-03-19 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -5,646 132,651 -4.08 9.55 -53,919 1,266,817
2014-01-22 2014-01-17 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 42,445 148,455 40.04
2014-01-22 2014-01-17 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 29,567 106,010 38.68
2013-03-21 2013-03-19 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 50,791 76,443 198.00
2012-12-27 2012-12-26 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
F - Taxes -8,615 25,652 -25.14 2.22 -19,125 56,947
2012-04-04 2012-04-02 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Options-Common Stock
A - Award 57,398 57,398
2012-04-04 2012-04-02 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Common Stock
A - Award 28,267 34,267 471.12
2008-02-11 2008-02-07 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Options-Common Stock (GTN)
A - Award 75,000 75,000
2005-06-24 2005-06-07 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Options-Common Stock (GTN)
A - Award 31,250 31,250
2005-06-24 2005-05-25 4 GTN GRAY TELEVISION INC
Options-Common Stock (GTN)
J - Other -25,000 0 -100.00
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)