Mortimer M. Caplin

Filings by Mortimer M. Caplin span 2 companies, the busiest being Danaher Corp /DE/ and Presidential Realty Corp/de/. In total, 37 filings cover trades dated from 13 January 2006 to 13 December 2012.

Both buying and selling appear: 4 purchases worth €61k, against 5 sales worth €1.3M. Taken together, the sales exceed the purchases by €1.2M. Open-market purchases are the filings investors watch most closely, because the insider pays for the shares out of pocket. Other entries cover 5 share grants and 6 option exercises.

A typical purchase (the median) is worth €13k. For 4 purchases whose 90-day window has closed, the share price was higher on day 90 than the day after publication in 25% of cases, with a median move of -7.9%. Past outcomes like these are no guarantee of what comes next.

Most recently, on 2 January 2013, the filings show a transaction in Danaher Corp /DE/. The most recent open-market purchase was published on 17 April 2006, 7,511 days ago. Filings reach the SEC (Form 4) feed a median of 1 day after the trade. For comparison, the SEC allows two business days to file a Form 4. Keep in mind that insiders sell for many reasons unrelated to the outlook, from tax bills to estate planning. These figures are compiled from regulatory filings published by SEC (Form 4). They describe what insiders did and are not a recommendation.