Why insider trading matters?

Numerous studies have examined whether there is evidence that U.S. insiders systematically trade on private information despite the legal deterrence. The consensus appears to be that insider purchases (but not sales) tend to be followed by positive abnormal stock price performance, particularly for small growth stocks.

- Prof. B. Espen Eckbo, Dartmouth College
SERVICE CORP INTERNATIONAL (SCI)
Sector: Consumer Cyclical; Industry: Personal Services

Service Corporation International provides deathcare products and services in the United States and Canada. Its funeral service and cemetery operations comprise funeral service locations, cemeteries, funeral service/cemetery combination locations, crematoria, and other businesses. In addition, it offers funeral merchandise, including burial caskets and related accessories, urns and other cremation receptacles, outer burial containers, flowers, online and video tributes, stationery products, casket and cremation memorialization products, and other ancillary merchandise. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

SCI Symbol Info by TradingView

Trade Date Insider Title Buy/Sell #Shares Price Value Option
2021-11-01 Faulk John H Senior Vice President Sell 40,100 $69.56 $2,789,192 Yes
2020-02-24 Faulk John H Senior Vice President Sell 43,250 $52.09 $2,252,888 Yes

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