W E Sheriff - Insider Trading Tracker

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of W E Sheriff. 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

Companies with Reported Insider Positions

The SEC filings indicate W E Sheriff has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by W E Sheriff. 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 BKD / Brookdale Senior Living Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in BKD / Brookdale Senior Living 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 (%)
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	500	28.2800	500	28.2800	14,140	13	35.16	3,440	24.33
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	200	28.2900	200	28.2900	5,658
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	200	28.3400	200	28.3400	5,668
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	200	28.3500	200	28.3500	5,670
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	200	28.3600	200	28.3600	5,672
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	700	28.3700	700	28.3700	19,859
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	200	28.3800	200	28.3800	5,676
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	200	28.3900	200	28.3900	5,678
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	400	28.4000	400	28.4000	11,360
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	100	28.4100	100	28.4100	2,841
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	2,000	28.4200	2,000	28.4200	56,840
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	700	28.4400	700	28.4400	19,908
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	600	28.4500	600	28.4500	17,070
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	2,000	28.4600	2,000	28.4600	56,920
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	600	28.4700	600	28.4700	17,082
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	100	28.4800	100	28.4800	2,848
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	1,200	28.4900	1,200	28.4900	34,188
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	1,800	28.5000	1,800	28.5000	51,300
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	100	28.5100	100	28.5100	2,851
2007-11-27	BKD	SHERIFF W E	1,300	28.5200	1,300	28.5200	37,076
2007-11-26	BKD	SHERIFF W E	200	28.4800	200	28.4800	5,696
2007-11-26	BKD	SHERIFF W E	1,200	28.4900	1,200	28.4900	34,188
2007-11-26	BKD	SHERIFF W E	300	28.5000	300	28.5000	8,550
2007-11-26	BKD	SHERIFF W E	300	28.5100	300	28.5100	8,553
2007-11-26	BKD	SHERIFF W E	300	28.5200	300	28.5200	8,556
2007-11-26	BKD	SHERIFF W E	300	28.5300	300	28.5300	8,559
2007-11-26	BKD	SHERIFF W E	2,000	28.5400	2,000	28.5400	57,080
2007-11-26	BKD	SHERIFF W E	400	28.5500	400	28.5500	11,420
2007-11-26	BKD	SHERIFF W E	1,800	28.5600	1,800	28.5600	51,408
2007-11-26	BKD	SHERIFF W E	200	28.5700	200	28.5700	5,714

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

Insider Sales BKD / Brookdale Senior Living Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in BKD / Brookdale Senior Living 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 (%)
2013-08-23	BKD	SHERIFF W E	29,814	25.8759	29,814	25.8759	771,464	12	24.9600	-27,307	-3.54
2013-08-22	BKD	SHERIFF W E	30,236	26.1633	30,236	26.1633	791,074
2013-08-20	BKD	SHERIFF W E	93,000	26.8182	93,000	26.8182	2,494,093
2013-08-20	BKD	SHERIFF W E	7,000	26.8182	7,000	26.8182	187,727
2013-08-19	BKD	SHERIFF W E	100,000	26.8476	100,000	26.8476	2,684,760

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

Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by W E Sheriff as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).