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sellWeak cluster of 1310b5-1 plan

Richard S Geary sold $504k of IONS

EVP, Chief Development Officer at IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC. 10,000 shares at an average of $50.37, traded Sep 2, 2025, filed Sep 4, 2025.

Warning score
33
Value
$504k
10,000 shares
Holdings after
79,657
-11% from before
From 52-week low
+125%
low $25.51, close $57.49
From 52-week high
0%
high $57.49, as of Sep 2, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $504k at market
    +18
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 11% of holdings
    +5
  • Cluster
    13 insiders selling within 14 days
    +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.

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 Sep 4, 2025: -23.7%SPY +21.6% · excess -45.3%

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 0000874015-25-000218, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Sep 2, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-10,000$50.37$504k79,657Sep 4, 2025

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
33Weak
IONSsell 210b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
C Frank Bennett
EVP, Chief Scientific Officer
$6.7M
85,089 shares
-51%
11Weak
IONSsell 210b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Joseph Baroldi
EVP, Chief Business Officer
$531k
6,659 shares
-15%
40Moderate
IONSsell 310b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
C Frank Bennett
EVP, Chief Scientific Officer
$7.1M
85,089 shares
-85%
48Moderate
IONSsell 3
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
C Frank Bennett
EVP, Chief Scientific Officer
$488k
5,885 shares
-6%
52Moderate
IONSsell 3
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Joseph Baroldi
EVP, Chief Business Officer
$439k
5,296 shares
-10%
48Moderate
IONSsell 3
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Brian Birchler
EVP, Corp and Development Ops
$513k
6,179 shares
-9%
35Weak
IONSsell 3
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
C Frank Bennett
EVP, Chief Scientific Officer
$675k
8,977 shares
-9%
40Moderate
IONSsell 3
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Joseph Baroldi
EVP, Chief Business Officer
$610k
8,056 shares
-17%
40Moderate
IONSsell 3
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Brian Birchler
EVP, Corp and Development Ops
$637k
8,480 shares
-12%
45Moderate
IONSsell 410b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Joseph H Wender
director
$2.3M
28,000 shares
-44%

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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