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John P. Butler bought $87k of AKBA

CEO and President at Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.. 69,270 shares at an average of $1.25, traded Mar 4, 2026, filed Mar 5, 2026.

Conviction score
52
Value
$87k
69,270 shares
Holdings after
3,367,064
+2% from before
From 52-week low
+6%
low $1.18, close $1.25
From 52-week high
-69%
high $4.01, as of Mar 4, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $87k at market
    +9
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 2.1%
    0
  • Price context
    6% above the 52-week low; 69% below the 52-week high
    +18
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • 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 +16.0%, 3m -18.5%, 6m -17.4%.

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.

AKBAOct 12, 2026 · close 0.79
Since filing Mar 5, 2026: -33.6%SPY +15.1% · excess -48.7%

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 0001591467-26-000003, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Mar 4, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+69,270$1.25$87k3,367,064Mar 5, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
9Weak
AKBAsell10b5-1
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
Erik Ostrowski
SVP, CFO, CBO & Treasurer
$62k
56,019 shares
-8%
37Weak
AKBAsell 610b5-1
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
John P. Butler
CEO and President
$474k
341,305 shares
-10%
20Weak
AKBAsell 610b5-1
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
Steven Keith Burke
SVP, Chief Medical Officer
$94k
67,658 shares
-7%
25Weak
AKBAsell 610b5-1
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
Nicholas Grund
Chief Commercial Officer
$118k
84,829 shares
-13%
24Weak
AKBAsell 610b5-1
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
Erik Ostrowski
SVP, CFO, CBO & Treasurer
$49k
34,951 shares
-5%
23Weak
AKBAsell 610b5-1
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
Richard C Malabre
SVP, Chief Accounting Officer
$69k
49,524 shares
-14%
25Weak
AKBAsell 610b5-1
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
Carolyn M. Rucci
SVP, Chief Legal Officer
$97k
69,772 shares
-11%
13Weak
AKBAsell10b5-1
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
Erik Ostrowski
SVP, CFO, CBO & Treasurer
$152k
41,314 shares
-8%
0Weak
AKBAsell10b5-1
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
Richard C Malabre
SVP, Chief Accounting Officer
$60k
15,000 shares
-5%
1Weak
AKBAsell10b5-1
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
Richard C Malabre
SVP, Chief Accounting Officer
$47k
13,334 shares
-5%

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.

John P. Butler bought $87k of AKBA | InsiderTell