Sean T. Smith

This profile gathers the share dealings of Sean T. Smith in Photronics Inc. Over a trading history stretching from 2 June 2006 to 4 December 2017, the count stands at 71 filings.

Both buying and selling appear: 5 purchases worth €65k, against 40 sales worth €1.5M. Netting one side against the other leaves €1.5M of net selling. 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 13 share grants and 8 option exercises. In 2017 alone, the filings show no purchases and 4 sales.

Half of the purchases are above €14k and half below. Looking at 5 purchases old enough to measure, the stock rose over the following 90 days in 80% of cases; the median change was +11.5%. Past outcomes like these are no guarantee of what comes next.

Most recently, on 5 December 2017, the filings show an option exercise worth €71k in Photronics Inc. The last purchase on record was published on 3 August 2015, which is 4,115 days ago. Filings reach the SEC (Form 4) feed a median of 2 days after the trade. The legal deadline for a Form 4 is two business days after the transaction. Sales are harder to read than purchases, since they often meet personal needs such as tax or diversification. Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.