Comfort Systems USA, Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US1999081045

Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:FIX / Comfort Systems USA, Inc. Director 88,914
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by James H Schultz. 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 FIX / Comfort Systems USA, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in FIX / Comfort Systems USA, 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.

FIX / Comfort Systems USA, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales FIX / Comfort Systems USA, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in FIX / Comfort Systems USA, 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 (%)
2017-02-28 FIX SCHULTZ JAMES H 10,000 38.0700 10,000 38.0700 380,700 163 32.5500 -55,200 -14.50
2016-05-12 FIX SCHULTZ JAMES H 10,000 31.2800 10,000 31.2800 312,800
2015-03-02 FIX SCHULTZ JAMES H 10,000 18.6700 10,000 18.6700 186,700
2013-11-26 FIX SCHULTZ JAMES H 10,000 20.1200 10,000 20.1200 201,200
2012-12-07 FIX SCHULTZ JAMES H 10,000 10.7250 10,000 10.7250 107,250
2012-08-06 FIX SCHULTZ JAMES H 10,000 10.5185 10,000 10.5185 105,185

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

FIX / Comfort Systems USA, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by James H Schultz 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
2020-05-21 2020-05-19 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
A - Award 4,788 88,914 5.69
2019-05-23 2019-05-21 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
A - Award 3,262 84,126 4.03
2018-05-23 2018-05-22 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
A - Award 3,453 80,864 4.46
2017-05-24 2017-05-23 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
A - Award 4,018 77,411 5.47
2017-03-01 2017-02-28 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Option to Buy
M - Exercise -10,000 0 -100.00
2017-03-01 2017-02-28 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -10,000 73,393 -11.99 38.07 -380,700 2,794,072
2017-03-01 2017-02-28 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 10,000 83,393 13.63 13.51 135,100 1,126,639
2016-05-20 2016-05-19 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
A - Award 4,656 73,393 6.77
2016-05-13 2016-05-12 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Option to Buy
M - Exercise -10,000 0 -100.00
2016-05-13 2016-05-12 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -10,000 68,737 -12.70 31.28 -312,800 2,150,093
2016-05-13 2016-05-12 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 10,000 78,737 14.55 12.90 129,000 1,015,707
2015-05-20 2015-05-19 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
A - Award 5,584 68,737 8.84
2015-03-03 2015-03-02 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Option to Buy
M - Exercise -10,000 0 -100.00
2015-03-03 2015-03-02 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -10,000 63,153 -13.67 18.67 -186,700 1,179,067
2015-03-03 2015-03-02 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 10,000 73,153 15.83 6.49 64,900 474,763
2014-05-16 2014-05-15 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
A - Award 8,153 63,153 14.82
2013-11-27 2013-11-26 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Option to Buy
M - Exercise -10,000 0 -100.00
2013-11-27 2013-11-26 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -10,000 55,000 -15.38 20.12 -201,200 1,106,600
2013-11-27 2013-11-26 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 10,000 65,000 18.18 7.00 70,000 455,000
2013-05-17 2013-05-16 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
A - Award 10,000 55,000 22.22
2012-12-11 2012-12-07 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Option to Buy
M - Exercise -10,000 0 -100.00
2012-12-11 2012-12-07 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -10,000 45,000 -18.18 10.72 -107,250 482,625
2012-12-11 2012-12-07 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 10,000 55,000 22.22 2.36 23,600 129,800
2012-08-07 2012-08-06 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Option to Buy
M - Exercise -10,000 0 -100.00
2012-08-07 2012-08-06 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
S - Sale -10,000 45,000 -18.18 10.52 -105,185 473,332
2012-08-07 2012-08-06 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
M - Exercise 10,000 55,000 22.22 3.39 33,900 186,450
2012-05-18 2012-05-17 4 FIX COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Common Stock
A - Award 10,000 45,000 28.57
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)