Andrew Sims - Insider Trading Tracker

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Andrew Sims. 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 Andrew Sims 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 Andrew Sims. 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 SOHOB / Sotherly Hotels Inc. - Preferred Stock - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in SOHOB / Sotherly Hotels Inc. - 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 (%)
2016-12-13	SOHO	Sims Andrew	15,000	6.3965	15,000	6.3965	95,948	63	7.5000	16,553	17.25
2016-12-12	SOHO	Sims Andrew	15,300	6.4178	15,300	6.4178	98,192
2016-11-09	SOHO	Sims Andrew	10,000	5.0000	10,000	5.0000	50,000
2015-12-30	SOHO	Sims Andrew	15,000	6.2476	15,000	6.2476	93,714
2011-12-29	MDH	Sims Andrew	480	2.3400	480	2.3400	1,123
2011-12-29	MDH	Sims Andrew	600	2.3200	600	2.3200	1,392

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

Insider Sales SOHOB / Sotherly Hotels Inc. - 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 SOHOB / Sotherly Hotels Inc. - 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 (%)
2023-09-20	SOHO	Sims Andrew	1,133	1.8009	1,133	1.8009	2,040	294	1.1100	-782	-38.35
2023-09-18	SOHO	Sims Andrew	200	1.8000	200	1.8000	360
2023-03-29	SOHO	Sims Andrew	20,000	1.9830	20,000	1.9830	39,660
2022-09-19	SOHO	Sims Andrew	30,000	2.1436	30,000	2.1436	64,308
2021-06-03	SOHO	Sims Andrew	27,446	3.8483	27,446	3.8483	105,620
2021-03-30	SOHO	Sims Andrew	19,000	3.4958	19,000	3.4958	66,420
2021-03-29	SOHO	Sims Andrew	21,000	3.5324	21,000	3.5324	74,180
2019-09-20	SOHO	Sims Andrew	17,751	6.7599	17,751	6.7599	119,995
2019-08-19	SOHO	Sims Andrew	99	6.7500	99	6.7500	668
2019-08-14	SOHO	Sims Andrew	5,692	6.7550	5,692	6.7550	38,449
2019-08-13	SOHO	Sims Andrew	1,042	6.8703	1,042	6.8703	7,159
2019-08-13	SOHO	Sims Andrew	12,392	6.8088	12,392	6.8088	84,375
2019-06-21	SOHO	Sims Andrew	4,000	7.1679	4,000	7.1679	28,672
2019-06-12	SOHO	Sims Andrew	4,000	7.5721	4,000	7.5721	30,288
2019-06-11	SOHO	Sims Andrew	3,000	7.5174	3,000	7.5174	22,552
2016-11-09	SOHO	Sims Andrew	10,000	4.7500	10,000	4.7500	47,500

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 Andrew Sims as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).