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C Frank Bennett sold $675k of IONS

EVP, Chief Scientific Officer at IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC. 8,977 shares at an average of $75.15, traded Jan 16, 2026, filed Jan 20, 2026.

Warning score
35
Value
$675k
8,977 shares
Holdings after
94,757
-9% from before
From 52-week low
+199%
low $25.51, close $76.33
From 52-week high
-8%
high $83.17, as of Jan 16, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $675k at market
    +20
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 8.7% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    11 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

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 +7.2%, 3m -3.5%, 6m -31.1%.

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 12, 2026 · close 43.67
Since filing Jan 20, 2026: -43.7%SPY +15.7% · excess -59.4%

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 0000874015-26-000062, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jan 15, 2026MOption exercise
Common Stock
+21,055$0.00$0103,734Jan 20, 2026
Jan 16, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-8,977$75.15$675k94,757Jan 20, 2026
Jan 15, 2026AGrant or award
Performance Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
+25,800$0.00$089,282Jan 20, 2026
Jan 15, 2026MOption exercise
Restricted Stock Unitderivative
-21,055$0.00$017,434Jan 20, 2026
Jan 15, 2026AGrant or award
Restricted Stock Unitderivative
+9,675$0.00$027,109Jan 20, 2026

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
58Moderate
IONSbuy
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Michael R Hayden
director
$1.1M
20,000 shares
+500%
45Moderate
IONSsell 910b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
C Frank Bennett
EVP, Chief Scientific Officer
$1.7M
20,536 shares
-25%
38Weak
IONSsell 910b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Allene M. Diaz
director
$864k
10,111 shares
-73%
15Weak
IONSsell 910b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Holly B. Kordasiewicz
EVP, Chief Development Officer
$31k
362 shares
-2%
39Weak
IONSsell 910b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Joseph Klein III
director
$910k
11,518 shares
-51%
32Weak
IONSsell 1010b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Joseph Baroldi
EVP, Chief Business Officer
$452k
5,635 shares
-55%
30Weak
IONSsell 1010b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Eugene Schneider
EVP, Chf Clinical Develop Ofcr
$2.1M
26,000 shares
-25%
23Weak
IONSsell 1010b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Patrick R. O'Neil
EVP CLO & General Counsel
$246k
3,069 shares
-5%
43Moderate
IONSsell 1010b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Eric Swayze
EVP Research
$839k
10,602 shares
-33%
40Moderate
IONSsell 1010b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Brett P Monia
Chief Executive Officer
$6.8M
85,637 shares
-33%

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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