Raymond G. Viault

Raymond G. Viault discloses dealings in 3 companies, chiefly Newell Brands Inc., V F Corp and Safeway Inc. In total, 40 filings cover trades dated from 10 May 2006 to 8 May 2017.

In open-market terms, that means 6 purchases worth €838k on one side and 8 sales worth €1.6M on the other. Taken together, the sales exceed the purchases by €803k. A purchase on the market is a deliberate choice to commit personal money, which is why it draws more attention than a grant. Outside the open market, there are 9 share grants and 17 option exercises. Since January 2017: 1 purchase and 1 sale on the market.

A typical purchase (the median) is worth €120k. 1 out of 3 purchases came within 30 days of a purchase by at least one other insider of the same company. Purchases made close together by different insiders form what is called a cluster. Looking at 5 purchases old enough to measure, the stock rose over the following 90 days in 100% of cases; the median change was +13.8%. These figures describe past trades and do not predict future prices.

On 10 May 2017 came the latest disclosure, an option exercise in Newell Brands Inc. The clock since the last published purchase (9 February 2017) now reads 3,560 days. Filings reach the SEC (Form 4) feed a median of 1 day after the trade. US insiders must file a Form 4 within two business days of a trade. A sale on its own says little: insiders also sell to pay tax, fund a purchase or diversify. Every figure here comes from the filings published by SEC (Form 4) and describes the past, not future prices; it is not investment advice.