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Robert E. Latta
RepublicanRepresentative · OH-5
Chair, Energy and Commerce subcommittee on EnergyCurrent term began Jan 2025Files under a spouse's name
18.4 points ahead of the S&P 500
Copying Latta's 9 purchases from the day each became public: +36.0%. The S&P over the same days: +17.6%.
Buys only, each purchase counted equally, not what Latta earned. 18 of the 48 members with five or more priced purchases are ahead of the index. The typical member trails it by 2.8 points.
- Disclosed trades
- 9
- 9 purchases · 0 sales · made public since January 2025
- Disclosed volume
- $121K
- midpoints of the reported ranges, not what Latta owns
- Made public
- 4 days
- Half of Latta's trades were made public within 4 days; Congress overall 28; the law allows 45.
- On time
- 100%
- 79% across Congress
Robert Edward Latta is the United States representative for Ohio's 5th congressional district and a former state legislator
Robert Edward Latta is an Ohio politician who served four terms in the Ohio House of Representatives. Latta has represented Ohio's 5th congressional district in Congress since 2007 and is a member of the Republican Party.
Latta's professional background is in state and federal lawmaking; the source identifies no particular market expertise. Latta's committee work covers energy, commerce, the environment, communications and technology.
politician · former state legislator
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What the filings show
Ohio Republican Robert E. Latta's disclosed trading consists of occasional purchases of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp in his spouse's account
The disclosed purchases stay entirely in Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, leaving the trading focused on a bank stock. Buying is occasional, with no disclosed sales, funds or options. The activity is filed under his spouse's ownership.
What to watch
- Further Farmers & Merchants Bancorp purchases would extend the existing focus; another holding would broaden the disclosed activity.
- The disclosed activity belongs to his spouse, so account ownership matters when reading it as a picture of Latta's investments.
- Filings have arrived promptly; a change in that pattern would make the trading record less timely.
Generated with AI, awaiting an editor, from the member’s own filings · carries no figures and makes no claim about performance
Public information from STOCK Act filings. Amounts are reported in ranges and shown as midpoints, filings arrive after the trades, and no personal profit or loss is disclosed. Not financial advice.