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David Michael Johnson bought $98k of AURA

director at Aura Biosciences, Inc.. 20,000 shares at an average of $4.90, traded May 16, 2025, filed May 20, 2025.

Conviction score
44
Value
$98k
20,000 shares
Holdings after
166,167
+14% from before
From 52-week low
+21%
low $4.90, close $5.95
From 52-week high
-49%
high $11.74, as of May 16, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $98k at market
    +10
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 14%
    +3
  • Price context
    49% below the 52-week high
    +8
  • Cluster
    2 insiders buying within 14 days
    +8
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

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.

This signal so far: 1m +2.9%, 3m +7.9%, 6m -8.8%.

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.

AURAOct 13, 2026 · close 6.27
Since filing May 20, 2025: +5.7%SPY +33.4% · excess -27.7%

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 0000950170-25-075412, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 16, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+20,000$4.90$98k166,167May 20, 2025
May 16, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock Warrants (right to buy)derivative
+5,000--5,000May 20, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Aura Biosciences, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
24Weak
AURAsell
Aura Biosciences, Inc.
Anthony S Gibney
See Remarks
$82k
12,824 shares
-5%
57Moderate
AURAsell
Aura Biosciences, Inc.
Matrix Capital Management Company, LP
owner
$39M
6,922,870 shares
-100%
24Weak
AURAsell
Aura Biosciences, Inc.
Conor Kilroy
See Remarks
$82k
11,738 shares
-5%
48Moderate
AURAsell 5
Aura Biosciences, Inc.
Pinos Elisabet de los
See Remarks
$241k
47,648 shares
-10%
41Moderate
AURAsell 5
Aura Biosciences, Inc.
Amy Elazzouzi
Senior Vice President, Finance
$43k
8,549 shares
-10%
40Moderate
AURAsell 5
Aura Biosciences, Inc.
Janet Jill Hopkins
Chief Medical Officer
$103k
20,401 shares
-8%
39Weak
AURAsell 5
Aura Biosciences, Inc.
Mark Plavsic
Chief Technology Officer
$80k
15,890 shares
-8%
37Weak
AURAsell 5
Aura Biosciences, Inc.
Conor Kilroy
See Remarks
$61k
12,079 shares
-7%
32Weak
AURAsell 2
Aura Biosciences, Inc.
Pinos Elisabet de los
See Remarks
$82k
16,928 shares
-4%
23Weak
AURAsell 2
Aura Biosciences, Inc.
Amy Elazzouzi
Senior Vice President, Finance
$7,684
1,581 shares
-2%

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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