Ghasemi Seifi purchased ~$5.4M in Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. stock
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD) · Chairman, Pres. and CEO · Data via SEC EDGAR Form 4
Price Performance · 10 days before → 90 days after trade
▲ = insider buy date
90-day return
-15.6%vs SPY +13.4%
Trade Details · Public SEC Filing
Insider
Ghasemi Seifi
Role
Chairman, Pres. and CEO
Transaction
Open-Market Purchase
Approx. Value
~$5.4M
Trade Date
Nov 8, 2023
Company
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Ticker
APDSource
SEC EDGAR Form 4
Why This Trade Stands Out
Strong conviction signal
Scored above average across multiple factors. Roughly 15% of insider trades qualify as Strong.
~$5.4M purchase
Trades over $1M are rare. When insiders put this much of their own money on the line, they tend to have high conviction in their company's direction.
Chairman, Pres. and CEO
CEOs have the deepest knowledge of company operations. Academic research shows CEO purchases outperform other insider trades by a wide margin.
-15.6% in 90 days (S&P 500: +13.4%)
This trade underperformed the S&P 500 by 29.0 percentage points. Not every insider trade wins. We track all of them so you can focus on the insiders with the best records.
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On November 8, 2023, Ghasemi Seifi — Chairman, Pres. and CEO of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. — filed a Form 4 with the SEC disclosing an open-market purchase of approximately ~$5.4M in Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD) stock.
Under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, corporate insiders must report all open-market stock transactions to the SEC within two business days. These filings — known as Form 4s — are publicly available on the SEC's EDGAR database. VeritySignals filters and scores the full Form 4 stream to surface high-conviction signals like this one.
In the 90 days following this trade, APD returned -15.6% versus +13.4% for the S&P 500 over the same period.
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All data sourced from publicly available SEC Form 4 filings via EDGAR · Not financial advice · Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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