WPG Washington Prime Group Inc.

Earnings

Typical surprise -44.0% (median, so one quarter with a near-zero estimate can't distort it)

• Mon, Aug 9$-3.28 vs $-2.16miss
• Mon, May 10$-2.52 vs $-1.75miss
• Tue, Mar 16$-5.24 vs $-2.07miss
• Thu, Nov 5$-2.07 vs $-1.89miss
• Mon, Aug 10$-3.87 vs $-1.89miss
• Thu, May 7$0.18 vs $-0.63beat

Estimates and results for WPG via Financial Modeling Prep. Beating consensus says the company cleared the bar analysts set, not that the business grew.

Insider trading

Open-market buys and sells by WPG officers and directors.

Bought

$778k

7 trades

Sold

$20k

4 trades

• Conforti Louis Gbought
  director, officer: Chief Executive Officer·46,500 @ $2.16·$100k·Mar 9, 2020·filing
• Laikin Robert Jbought
  director·46,700 @ $2.29·$107k·Mar 6, 2020·filing
• Laikin Robert Jbought
  director·50,000 @ $2.59·$129k·Mar 5, 2020·filing
• Lindimore Joshuasold
  Executive VP, Head of Leasing·1,892 @ $2.55·$5k·Mar 4, 2020·filing
• Lindimore Joshuasold
  Executive VP, Head of Leasing·2,770 @ $2.55·$7k·Mar 4, 2020·filing
• Lindimore Joshuasold
  Executive VP, Head of Leasing·1,323 @ $2.55·$3k·Mar 4, 2020·filing
• Gerber Stephansold
  SVP, Head of Property Mgmt.·1,892 @ $2.55·$5k·Mar 4, 2020·filing
• Laikin Robert Jbought
  director·75,000 @ $2.55·$191k·Mar 4, 2020·filing

89 further Form 4 entries are share awards, option exercises or shares withheld for tax. Those are compensation, not trades, so they are excluded above. Buying is the stronger signal: an insider spends their own money for one reason. Selling has many innocent explanations — tax, diversifying, a house — so it says far less than it appears to. Via SEC filings.