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sellWeak cluster of 410b5-1 plan

Robert Chess sold $250k of TWST

director at Twist Bioscience Corp. 5,000 shares at an average of $50.00, traded Jan 7, 2025, filed Jan 10, 2025.

Warning score
28
Value
$250k
5,000 shares
Holdings after
16,641
-23% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $250k at market
    +13
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 23% of holdings
    +5
  • Cluster
    4 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • 10b5-1 plan
    Pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan
    -20

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

TWSTOct 9, 2026 · close 159.78
Since filing Jan 10, 2025: +266.5%SPY +36.8% · excess +229.7%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001214659-25-000445, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jan 7, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-5,000$50.00$250k16,641Jan 10, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Twist Bioscience Corp and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
44Moderate
TWSTsell 610b5-1
Twist Bioscience Corp
Emily M. Leproust
Chief Executive Officer
$919k
4,548 shares
-1%
60Notable
TWSTsell 6
Twist Bioscience Corp
Dennis Cho
See Remarks
$1.8M
9,514 shares
-13%
65Notable
TWSTsell 6
Twist Bioscience Corp
Patrick John Finn
President and COO
$4.9M
25,714 shares
-12%
55Moderate
TWSTsell 6
Twist Bioscience Corp
Paula Green
SVP of Human Resources
$1.9M
10,088 shares
-9%
62Notable
TWSTsell 6
Twist Bioscience Corp
Adam Laponis
Chief Financial Officer
$1.5M
8,057 shares
-7%
45Moderate
TWSTsell 610b5-1
Twist Bioscience Corp
Emily M. Leproust
Chief Executive Officer
$8.8M
46,391 shares
-8%
44Moderate
TWSTsell 6
Twist Bioscience Corp
Robert F. Werner
Chief Accounting Officer
$280k
1,482 shares
-3%
44Moderate
TWSTsell 610b5-1
Twist Bioscience Corp
Emily M. Leproust
Chief Executive Officer
$923k
5,203 shares
-1%
37Weak
TWSTsell 6
Twist Bioscience Corp
Dennis Cho
See Remarks
$58k
348 shares
-0%
37Weak
TWSTsell 6
Twist Bioscience Corp
Paula Green
SVP of Human Resources
$49k
294 shares
-0%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Robert Chess sold $250k of TWST | InsiderTell