Matthew P. Deines

Filings by Matthew P. Deines span 3 companies, the busiest being Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc., Sound Financial, Inc. and First Northwest Bancorp. Over a trading history stretching from 8 January 2008 to 5 February 2020, the count stands at 53 filings.

The open-market side counts 18 purchases for €697k alongside 9 sales for €208k. Taken together, the purchases exceed the sales by €489k. Open-market purchases are the filings investors watch most closely, because the insider pays for the shares out of pocket. The rest of the record consists of 17 share grants and 4 option exercises. 2020 to date brings 1 purchase and no sales.

A typical purchase (the median) is worth €32k. Of 6 purchases, 1 formed part of a group of insiders buying within 30 days of each other. Purchases made close together by different insiders form what is called a cluster. After 10 purchases with a full 90-day history, the hit rate stands at 50% and the median 90-day move at +1.2%. This is a record of the past, not a forecast.

The latest filing, published on 5 February 2020, reports an open-market purchase of €45k in First Northwest Bancorp. Typically, a trade is published a median of 2 days after it takes place. US insiders must file a Form 4 within two business days of a trade. Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.