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sellWeak cluster of 510b5-1 plan

Howard G. Welgus sold $143k of ARQT

director at Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.. 10,000 shares at an average of $14.30, traded Aug 1, 2025, filed Aug 5, 2025.

Warning score
6
Value
$143k
10,000 shares
Holdings after
100,206
-9% from before
From 52-week low
+72%
low $8.31, close $14.29
From 52-week high
-17%
high $17.29, as of Aug 1, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $143k at market
    +11
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 9.4% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    5 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • 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.

This signal so far: 1m +5.8%, 3m +56.7%, 6m +70.9%.

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.

ARQTOct 9, 2026 · close 26.58
Since filing Aug 5, 2025: +73.4%SPY +25.7% · excess +47.8%

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 0001787306-25-000115, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 1, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+6,110$0.00$0106,316Aug 5, 2025
Aug 1, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-6,110$14.30$87k100,206Aug 5, 2025
Aug 1, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+3,890$0.00$0104,096Aug 5, 2025
Aug 1, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-3,890$14.30$56k100,206Aug 5, 2025
Aug 1, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (right to buy)derivative10b5-1
-6,110$0.00$00Aug 5, 2025
Aug 1, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (right to buy)derivative10b5-1
-3,890$0.00$00Aug 5, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
12Weak
ARQTsell 210b5-1
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Masaru Matsuda
See Remarks
$92k
3,674 shares
-3%
3Weak
ARQTsell 210b5-1
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Howard G. Welgus
director
$114k
4,730 shares
-12%
16Weak
ARQTsell 210b5-1
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Masaru Matsuda
See Remarks
$250k
9,989 shares
-8%
3Weak
ARQTsell 210b5-1
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Howard G. Welgus
director
$116k
4,731 shares
-11%
18Weak
ARQTsell 210b5-1
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Sue-Jean Lin
director
$121k
4,946 shares
-15%
10Weak
ARQTsell 510b5-1
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Patrick Burnett
See Remarks
$4,673
222 shares
-0%
17Weak
ARQTsell 510b5-1
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Latha Vairavan
SVP Chief Financial Officer
$9,157
435 shares
-1%
10Weak
ARQTsell 510b5-1
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Patrick Burnett
See Remarks
$16k
684 shares
-1%
22Weak
ARQTsell 510b5-1
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Masaru Matsuda
See Remarks
$192k
8,256 shares
-6%
18Weak
ARQTsell 510b5-1
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Todd Watanabe
See Remarks
$75k
3,172 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.

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