Peoples Financial Services Corp.
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US7110401053

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Joseph T Jr Wright. 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 Joseph T Jr Wright has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:PFIS / Peoples Financial Services Corp. Director 43,514
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Joseph T Jr Wright. 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 PFIS / Peoples Financial Services Corp. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in PFIS / Peoples Financial Services Corp.. 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 (%)
2023-05-17 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 2,378 37.0000 2,378 37.0000 87,986 216 48.8200 28,108 31.95
2021-11-16 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 3,500 49.0521 3,500 49.0521 171,682
2016-02-23 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 91 34.5000 91 34.5000 3,140
2014-03-04 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 1,500 39.2500 1,500 39.2500 58,875
2012-09-18 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 58 29.5000 58 29.5000 1,700
2012-09-12 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 95 29.2500 95 29.2500 2,779
2012-08-17 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 56 30.5000 56 30.5000 1,700
2012-07-17 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 56 30.5000 56 30.5000 1,700
2012-06-21 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 57 30.0000 57 30.0000 1,700
2012-06-15 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 57 29.7200 57 29.7200 1,700
2012-05-03 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 1,000 29.0000 1,000 29.0000 29,000
2012-04-16 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 59 29.0000 59 29.0000 1,700
2012-03-16 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 59 29.0000 59 29.0000 1,700
2012-03-07 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 60 28.5000 60 28.5000 1,700
2012-01-17 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 60 28.1500 60 28.1500 1,700

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

PFIS / Peoples Financial Services Corp. Insider Trades
Insider Sales PFIS / Peoples Financial Services Corp. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in PFIS / Peoples Financial Services Corp.. 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 (%)
2014-09-15 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 1,500 51.9500 1,500 51.9500 77,925 731
2014-06-19 PFIS WRIGHT JOSEPH T JR 750 51.1350 750 51.1350 38,351

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

PFIS / Peoples Financial Services Corp. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Joseph T Jr Wright 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
2025-02-04 2025-01-31 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Common Stock
A - Award 280 43,514 0.65
2024-01-25 2024-01-11 4/A PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Common Stock
A - Award 322 42,492 0.76
2024-01-12 2024-01-11 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Common Stock
A - Award 300 42,470 0.71
2023-10-19 2023-05-17 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Common Stock
P - Purchase 2,378 41,811 6.03 37.00 87,986 1,547,010
2023-01-09 2023-01-05 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Common Stock
A - Award 285 38,338 0.75
2022-03-31 2022-03-29 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Common Stock
A - Award 161 37,192 0.43
2022-02-11 2022-01-13 4/A PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Common Stock
A - Award 131 36,644 0.36
2022-01-18 2021-11-16 5 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Common Stock
P - Purchase 3,500 35,762 10.85 49.05 171,682 1,754,217
2022-01-18 2022-01-13 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Common Stock
A - Award 131 36,193 0.36
2022-01-07 2022-01-05 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Common Stock
A - Award 300 32,562 0.93
2016-02-29 2016-02-23 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Common Stock
P - Purchase 91 27,387 0.33 34.50 3,140 944,843
2015-02-13 2014-06-19 5 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Common Stock
S - Sale -750 696 -51.87 51.14 -38,351 35,589
2014-09-18 2014-09-15 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Common Stock
S - Sale -1,500 26,211 -5.41 51.95 -77,925 1,361,685
2014-03-05 2014-03-04 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Common Stock
P - Purchase 1,500 27,711 5.72 39.25 58,875 1,087,675
2013-12-11 3 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
common stock
26,211
2013-12-11 3 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
common stock
1,446
2012-09-21 2012-09-18 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 58 26,838 0.22 29.50 1,700 791,727
2012-09-13 2012-09-12 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 95 26,781 0.36 29.25 2,779 783,332
2012-08-22 2012-08-17 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 56 26,686 0.21 30.50 1,700 813,910
2012-07-20 2012-07-17 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 56 26,475 0.21 30.50 1,700 807,486
2012-06-22 2012-06-21 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 57 26,419 0.21 30.00 1,700 792,576
2012-06-20 2012-06-15 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 57 26,363 0.22 29.72 1,700 783,495
2012-05-07 2012-05-03 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 1,000 26,156 3.98 29.00 29,000 758,519
2012-04-18 2012-04-16 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 59 25,156 0.23 29.00 1,700 729,519
2012-03-19 2012-03-16 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 59 25,097 0.23 29.00 1,700 727,819
2012-03-09 2012-03-07 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 60 25,039 0.24 28.50 1,700 713,600
2012-01-19 2012-01-17 4 PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 60 60 28.15 1,700 1,700
2012-01-19 2012-01-17 4/A PFIS PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 60 24,825 0.24 28.15 1,700 698,837
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)