J C Jr Watts - Insider Trading Tracker

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of J C Jr Watts. 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 J C Jr Watts 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 J C Jr Watts. 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 DDS / Dillard's, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in DDS / Dillard's, 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 (%)
2015-08-18	DDS	WATTS J C JR	50	97.3900	50	97.3900	4,870	0	97.7200	17	0.35

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

Insider Sales DDS / Dillard's, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in DDS / Dillard's, 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 (%)
2025-03-03	DDS	WATTS J C JR	800	395.0000	800	395.0000	316,000	36	294.7700	-80,184	-25.37
2024-06-07	DDS	WATTS J C JR	400	428.7900	400	428.7900	171,516
2024-03-05	DDS	WATTS J C JR	500	411.2100	500	411.2100	205,605
2024-01-17	DDS	WATTS J C JR	1,000	382.5500	1,000	382.5500	382,550
2021-11-12	DDS	WATTS J C JR	1,000	320.1800	1,000	320.1800	320,180
2021-05-17	DDS	WATTS J C JR	700	142.1800	700	142.1800	99,526
2021-03-16	DDS	WATTS J C JR	500	91.3800	500	91.3800	45,690
2020-12-15	DDS	WATTS J C JR	3,400	51.1100	3,400	51.1100	173,774
2017-09-13	DDS	WATTS J C JR	450	60.3000	450	60.3000	27,135
2013-12-05	DDS	WATTS J C JR	700	90.2500	700	90.2500	63,175
2013-08-23	DDS	WATTS J C JR	300	78.1000	300	78.1000	23,430
2013-06-10	DDS	WATTS J C JR	200	85.5400	200	85.5400	17,108
2012-12-11	DDS	WATTS J C JR	1,000	84.5000	1,000	84.5000	84,500
2012-12-10	DDS	WATTS J C JR	1,000	84.2300	1,000	84.2300	84,230
2011-12-23	DDS	WATTS J C JR	1,000	44.0000	1,000	44.0000	44,000
2011-07-28	DDS	WATTS J C JR	2,000	57.1200	2,000	57.1200	114,240
2011-07-21	DDS	WATTS J C JR	3,000	60.2000	3,000	60.2000	180,600
2010-12-15	DDS	WATTS J C JR	6,202	35.9400	6,202	35.9400	222,900

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 J C Jr Watts as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).