John R Whitmore - Insider Trading Tracker

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of John R Whitmore. 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 John R Whitmore 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 John R Whitmore. 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 BFS / Saul Centers, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in BFS / Saul Centers, 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.

Insider Sales BFS / Saul Centers, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in BFS / Saul Centers, 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 (%)
2017-06-07	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	200	58.2300	200	58.2300	11,646	342	47.5000	-2,146	-18.43
2017-03-10	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	2,500	60.2500	2,500	60.2500	150,625
2017-01-05	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	200	65.8900	200	65.8900	13,178
2015-12-09	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	7,500	53.4500	7,500	53.4500	400,875
2014-11-07	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	200	54.9500	200	54.9500	10,990
2014-04-08	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	12,500	46.4764	12,500	46.4764	580,955
2013-03-12	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	1,800	42.7900	1,800	42.7900	77,022
2012-11-30	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	1,850	42.5816	1,850	42.5816	78,776
2012-11-30	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	2,500	42.5816	2,500	42.5816	106,454
2012-11-30	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	2,500	42.5816	2,500	42.5816	106,454
2012-11-29	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	650	43.0000	650	43.0000	27,950
2009-03-26	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	6,015	24.0000	6,015	24.0000	144,360
2009-03-23	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	5,400	25.0000	5,400	25.0000	135,000
2009-03-13	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	10,000	24.9446	10,000	24.9446	249,446
2008-12-30	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	200	37.1700	200	37.1700	7,434
2008-12-29	BFS	WHITMORE JOHN R	3,050	39.0800	3,050	39.0800	119,194

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 John R Whitmore as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).