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sellModerate cluster of 12

Brian Birchler sold $513k of IONS

EVP, Corp and Development Ops at IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC. 6,179 shares at an average of $83.03, traded Jan 30, 2026, filed Feb 2, 2026.

Warning score
48
Value
$513k
6,179 shares
Holdings after
66,247
-9% from before
From 52-week low
+224%
low $25.51, close $82.67
From 52-week high
-1%
high $83.88, as of Jan 30, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $513k at market
    +18
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 8.5% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    12 insiders selling within 14 days
    +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 -4.4%, 3m -9.2%, 6m -34.4%.

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.

IONSOct 9, 2026 · close 45.28
Since filing Feb 2, 2026: -45.5%SPY +12.8% · excess -58.3%

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 0000874015-26-000097, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jan 29, 2026AGrant or award
Common Stock
+11,991$0.00$072,426Feb 2, 2026
Jan 30, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-6,179$83.03$513k66,247Feb 2, 2026

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
25Weak
IONSsell 210b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Joseph Baroldi
EVP, Chief Business Officer
$452k
5,635 shares
-55%
7Weak
IONSsell 210b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Spencer R Berthelsen
director
$588k
8,000 shares
-5%
0Weak
IONSsell10b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Spencer R Berthelsen
director
$605k
8,000 shares
-5%
13Weak
IONSsell 210b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Joseph Baroldi
EVP, Chief Business Officer
$117k
1,626 shares
-3%
36Weak
IONSsell 3
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Joseph Baroldi
EVP, Chief Business Officer
$419k
5,619 shares
-11%
23Weak
IONSsell 3
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Brian Birchler
EVP, Corp and Development Ops
$73k
973 shares
-1%
37Weak
IONSsell 410b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Shannon L. Devers
EVP, Chief Human Resources Ofc
$459k
6,193 shares
-27%
26Weak
IONSsell 610b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Eugene Schneider
EVP, Chf Clinical Develop Ofcr
$412k
5,812 shares
-8%
47Moderate
IONSsell 1110b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Elizabeth L Hougen
EVP, Finance & CFO
$16M
225,220 shares
-73%
40Moderate
IONSsell 1110b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Kyle Jenne
EVP, Chf GL Pdt Str Ofcr
$2.8M
37,277 shares
-76%

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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