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Adam Laponis sold $1.5M of TWST

Chief Financial Officer at Twist Bioscience Corp. 8,057 shares at an average of $188.88, traded Oct 2, 2026, filed Oct 5, 2026.

Warning score
62
Value
$1.5M
8,057 shares
Holdings after
100,576
-7% from before
From 52-week low
+641%
low $25.45, close $188.67
From 52-week high
-2%
high $193.24, as of Oct 2, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    CFO
    +22
  • Trade size
    $1.5M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 7.4% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    6 insiders selling within 14 days
    +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.

TWSTOct 9, 2026 · close 159.78
Since filing Oct 5, 2026: -22.1%SPY +0.5% · excess -22.5%

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 0001214659-26-012549, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Oct 2, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-8,057$188.88$1.5M100,5766 d ago

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%
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%
54Moderate
TWSTsell 6
Twist Bioscience Corp
Emily M. Leproust
Chief Executive Officer
$279k
1,687 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.

Adam Laponis sold $1.5M of TWST | InsiderTell