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Richard S Geary sold $232k of IONS

EVP, Chief Development Officer at IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC. 7,072 shares at an average of $32.86, traded Jan 16, 2025, filed Jan 17, 2025.

Warning score
28
Value
$232k
7,072 shares
Holdings after
96,663
-7% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $232k at market
    +13
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 6.8% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    10 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

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.

IONSOct 9, 2026 · close 45.28
Since filing Jan 17, 2025: +44.1%SPY +32.8% · excess +11.2%

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 0000874015-25-000059, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jan 15, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock
+18,901$0.00$0103,735Jan 17, 2025
Jan 16, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-7,072$32.86$232k96,663Jan 17, 2025
Jan 15, 2025AGrant or award
Performance Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
+22,000$0.00$064,801Jan 17, 2025
Jan 15, 2025AGrant or award
Restricted Stock Unitderivative
+33,000$0.00$079,625Jan 17, 2025
Jan 15, 2025MOption exercise
Restricted Stock Unitderivative
-18,901$0.00$060,724Jan 17, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
26Weak
IONSsell 410b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Joseph Baroldi
EVP, Chief Business Officer
$743k
11,950 shares
-27%
25Weak
IONSsell 510b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
C Frank Bennett
EVP, Chief Scientific Officer
$358k
6,000 shares
-7%
0Weak
IONSsell 510b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Joseph Baroldi
EVP, Chief Business Officer
$16k
250 shares
-1%
30Weak
IONSsell 510b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
C Frank Bennett
EVP, Chief Scientific Officer
$2.3M
38,909 shares
-42%
40Moderate
IONSsell 510b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Joseph Baroldi
EVP, Chief Business Officer
$1.9M
32,800 shares
-94%
12Weak
IONSsell 510b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Shannon L. Devers
EVP, Chief Human Resources Ofc
$193k
3,162 shares
-17%
33Weak
IONSsell 510b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Richard S Geary
EVP, Chief Development Officer
$504k
10,000 shares
-11%
17Weak
IONSsell 510b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Allene M. Diaz
director
$61k
1,427 shares
-7%
12Weak
IONSsell 310b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
C Frank Bennett
EVP, Chief Scientific Officer
$440k
10,000 shares
-10%
25Weak
IONSsell 210b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Richard S Geary
EVP, Chief Development Officer
$429k
10,000 shares
-10%

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.

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