Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US00461U1051

Introduction

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

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:ACRS / Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. Chief Scientific Officer 82,200
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Stuart Shanler. 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 ACRS / Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in ACRS / Aclaris Therapeutics, 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.

ACRS / Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales ACRS / Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in ACRS / Aclaris Therapeutics, 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.

ACRS / Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Stuart Shanler 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
2019-03-04 2019-03-01 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Restricted stock units
A - Award 82,200 82,200
2019-02-05 2019-02-01 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -3,875 11,625 -25.00
2019-02-05 2019-02-01 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,308 272,047 -0.48 6.96 -9,104 1,893,447
2019-02-05 2019-02-01 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 3,875 273,355 1.44
2018-12-21 2018-12-18 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -1,450 1,450 -50.00
2018-12-21 2018-12-18 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -412 269,480 -0.15 6.30 -2,596 1,697,724
2018-12-21 2018-12-18 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,450 269,892 0.54
2018-12-18 2018-12-15 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -1,300 2,600 -33.33
2018-12-18 2018-12-15 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -370 268,442 -0.14 7.31 -2,705 1,962,311
2018-12-18 2018-12-15 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,300 268,812 0.49
2018-05-09 2018-05-07 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -5,200 3,900 -57.14
2018-05-09 2018-05-07 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,480 267,512 -0.55 18.10 -26,788 4,841,967
2018-05-09 2018-05-07 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 5,200 268,992 1.97
2018-02-05 2018-02-01 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Restricted stock units
A - Award 15,500 15,500
2018-02-05 2018-02-01 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Stock option (right to buy)
A - Award 54,000 54,000
2017-12-21 2017-12-18 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -1,450 2,900 -33.33
2017-12-21 2017-12-18 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -441 263,792 -0.17 24.12 -10,637 6,362,663
2017-12-21 2017-12-18 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,450 264,233 0.55
2017-12-21 2017-12-15 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -1,300 9,100 -12.50
2017-12-21 2017-12-15 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -395 262,783 -0.15 24.23 -9,571 6,367,232
2017-12-21 2017-12-15 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,300 263,178 0.50
2016-12-20 2016-12-18 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Restricted Stock Units
M - Exercise -1,450 4,350 -25.00
2016-12-20 2016-12-18 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -441 261,878 -0.17 31.25 -13,781 8,183,688
2016-12-20 2016-12-18 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,450 262,319 0.56
2016-12-19 2016-12-15 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Restricted stock units
A - Award 10,400 10,400
2016-12-19 2016-12-15 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Stock option (right to buy)
A - Award 62,400 62,400
2015-12-22 2015-12-18 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Restricted stock units
A - Award 5,800 5,800
2015-12-22 2015-12-18 4 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Stock option (right to buy)
A - Award 53,833 53,833
2015-10-06 3 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
521,738
2015-10-06 3 ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock
521,738
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)