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sellWeak cluster of 210b5-1 plan

Cedric Francois sold $2.8M of APLS

Chief Executive Officer at Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. 139,365 shares at an average of $20.19, traded Jul 14, 2025, filed Jul 16, 2025.

Warning score
33
Value
$2.8M
139,365 shares
Holdings after
342,333
-29% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $2.8M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 29% of holdings
    +10
  • Cluster
    2 insiders selling within 14 days
    +8
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -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.

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001127602-25-019265, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jul 14, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+65,203$4.31$281k480,898Jul 16, 2025
Jul 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-137,465$20.19$2.8M343,433Jul 16, 2025
Jul 15, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+800$4.31$3,448344,233Jul 16, 2025
Jul 15, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-1,900$20.09$38k342,333Jul 16, 2025
Jul 14, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative10b5-1
-65,203$0.00$0110,335Jul 16, 2025
Jul 15, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative10b5-1
-800$0.00$0109,535Jul 16, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
15Weak
APLSsell
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Mark Jeffrey DeLong
Chief Business & Strat Officer
$8,153
368 shares
-0%
41Moderate
APLSsell 8
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
David O. Watson
General Counsel
$170k
7,832 shares
-8%
49Moderate
APLSsell 8
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Timothy Eugene Sullivan
Chief Financial Officer
$224k
10,287 shares
-10%
41Moderate
APLSsell 8
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Nur Nicholson
Chief Technical Officer
$168k
7,725 shares
-10%
59Moderate
APLSsell 8
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Cedric Francois
Chief Executive Officer
$592k
27,192 shares
-9%
41Moderate
APLSsell 8
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Pascal Deschatelets
Chief Scientific Officer
$129k
5,928 shares
-1%
38Weak
APLSsell 8
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Mark Jeffrey DeLong
Chief Business & Strat Officer
$73k
3,371 shares
-4%
36Weak
APLSsell 8
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
James George Chopas
VP/Chief Accounting Officer
$45k
2,064 shares
-4%
37Weak
APLSsell 8
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Caroline Baumal
Chief Medical Officer
$61k
2,797 shares
-3%
37Weak
APLSsell 8
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
David O. Watson
General Counsel
$49k
2,475 shares
-3%

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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