Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US0702031040

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of William C Jr Warden. 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 William C Jr Warden has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:BSET / Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated Director 60,642
Director 0
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by William C Jr Warden. 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 BSET / Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in BSET / Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated. 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 (%)
2022-10-12 BSET WARDEN WILLIAM C JR 5,000 17.9721 5,000 17.9721 89,860 117 19.8200 9,240 10.28
2022-02-22 BSET WARDEN WILLIAM C JR 5,000 16.1718 5,000 16.1718 80,859
2022-02-22 BSET WARDEN WILLIAM C JR 5,000 16.1635 5,000 16.1635 80,818
2020-08-14 BSET WARDEN WILLIAM C JR 3,000 9.1929 3,000 9.1929 27,579
2020-04-09 BSET WARDEN WILLIAM C JR 5,000 5.0343 5,000 5.0343 25,172
2020-02-27 BSET WARDEN WILLIAM C JR 10,000 10.0700 10,000 10.0700 100,700
2019-04-05 BSET WARDEN WILLIAM C JR 5,000 17.1004 5,000 17.1004 85,502
2016-10-28 BSET WARDEN WILLIAM C JR 5,000 23.4300 5,000 23.4300 117,150

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

BSET / Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated Insider Trades
Insider Sales BSET / Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in BSET / Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated. 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.

BSET / Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by William C Jr Warden 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
2025-03-14 2025-03-12 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 2,503 60,642 4.31 15.98 39,998 969,059
2024-03-08 2024-03-06 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 2,587 58,139 4.66 15.46 39,995 898,829
2023-03-10 2023-03-08 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 2,159 55,552 4.04 18.52 39,985 1,028,823
2022-10-12 2022-10-12 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 53,393 10.33 17.97 89,860 959,584
2022-03-11 2022-03-09 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 2,257 48,393 4.89 17.72 39,994 857,524
2022-02-23 2022-02-22 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 20,000 33.33 16.16 80,818 323,270
2022-02-23 2022-02-22 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 46,136 12.15 16.17 80,859 746,102
2021-03-12 2021-03-10 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 1,015 41,136 2.53 24.61 24,979 1,012,357
2020-08-18 2020-08-14 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 3,000 40,121 8.08 9.19 27,579 368,828
2020-04-13 2020-04-09 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 40,355 14.14 5.03 25,172 203,159
2020-03-13 2020-03-11 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 3,234 35,355 10.07 7.73 24,999 273,294
2020-02-28 2020-02-27 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 10,000 15,000 200.00 10.07 100,700 151,050
2019-04-08 2019-04-05 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 5,000 17.10 85,502 85,502
2019-03-08 2019-03-06 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 1,379 32,121 4.49 18.12 24,987 582,033
2018-10-09 2018-10-05 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 3,000 30,742 10.81 21.44 64,320 659,108
2018-03-09 2018-03-07 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common Stock
A - Award 756 27,742 2.80 33.05 24,986 916,873
2017-03-09 2017-03-08 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common
A - Award 934 26,986 3.59 26.75 24,984 721,876
2016-10-31 2016-10-28 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common
P - Purchase 5,000 26,052 23.75 23.43 117,150 610,398
2016-04-05 2016-04-01 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common
A - Award 646 21,052 3.17 30.95 19,994 651,559
2015-04-02 2015-04-01 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common
A - Award 706 20,406 3.58 28.30 19,980 577,490
2014-04-02 2014-04-01 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common
J - Other 1,371 19,700 7.48 14.59 20,003 287,423
2014-01-30 2014-01-28 4 HTSI HARRIS TEETER SUPERMARKETS, INC.
Phantom Stock Units
D - Sale to Issuer -7,815 0 -100.00
2014-01-30 2014-01-28 4 HTSI HARRIS TEETER SUPERMARKETS, INC.
Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)
D - Sale to Issuer -10,000 0 -100.00 14.14 -141,400
2014-01-30 2014-01-28 4 HTSI HARRIS TEETER SUPERMARKETS, INC.
Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -5,000 0 -100.00 49.38 -246,900
2013-11-22 2013-11-21 4 HTSI HARRIS TEETER SUPERMARKETS, INC.
Phantom Stock Units
A - Award 607 7,791 8.45
2013-04-03 2013-04-01 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Common
J - Other 1,255 18,329 7.35 15.94 20,005 292,164
2012-11-19 2012-11-15 4 HTSI HARRIS TEETER SUPERMARKETS, INC.
Phantom Stock Units
A - Award 702 6,994 11.16
2012-05-02 2012-05-01 4 BSET BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
COMMON
J - Other 1,398 17,074 8.92 10.73 15,001 183,204
2012-02-17 2012-02-16 4 RDK RUDDICK CORP
Phantom Stock Units
A - Award 885 6,226 16.57
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)