Whelan Timothy J

ARLP SVP Whelan sells 50,000 shares ($1.3M) at $25.13; stock down 4.6% in 30 days, pattern repeats two prior ARLP sales in Dec.

Whelan sold 50,000 shares (34.8% of pre-transaction holdings) at $25.13 on 2025-03-14, reducing his stake from 143,850 to 93,850 shares. This sale represents his third transaction at ARLP within four months—following two prior sells on 2024-12-13 and 2024-12-11, both of which showed negative 90-day returns (-8.3% and -5.6% respectively), indicating a consistent pattern of selling ahead of price weakness. The current 30-day return of -4.6% and 90-day well-timed rate of 100.00% in his cross-ticker track record underscore a demonstrated ability to execute sales before subsequent declines. While the company's fundamentals remain solid (P/E 17.25, $86.3M net income on $613.6M revenue), the repeated concentration of ARLP sales by a senior executive within a compressed timeframe, coupled with the stock's -12.7% decline from its 52-week high of $29.24, warrants monitoring of whether additional insider actions or operational signals emerge.

SVP Whelan sells 40,000 ARLP shares ($1.1M) in 2 transactions; retains 117,946 shares post-sale.

Timothy J. Whelan, Senior Vice President Sales at Alliance Resource Partners LP, executed two separate sales totaling 40,000 shares for $1,063,200.00 across December 11–13, 2024, at a blended average price of $26.58. The stock currently trades at $26.66, near his transaction prices, with the company trading at a P/E of 7.43 and posting recent quarterly revenue of $613.6M with net income of $86.3M. Whelan retains 117,946 shares post-transaction, representing 74.7% of his pre-transaction holdings, indicating a material but not complete reduction in his position. The sales occur with the stock near its 52-week high of $28.58 and following recent positive momentum (90-day change: +13.6%), though without a disclosed trading plan or specific rationale in the Form 4, the motivation for the liquidation cannot be determined from the filing itself.