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Michael R Hayden bought $1.1M of IONS

director at IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC. 20,000 shares at an average of $52.94, traded Jul 30, 2026, filed Jul 31, 2026.

Conviction score
58
Value
$1.1M
20,000 shares
Holdings after
24,000
+500% from before
From 52-week low
+31%
low $40.69, close $53.28
From 52-week high
-38%
high $86.50, as of Jul 30, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $1.1M at market
    +25
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 500%
    +10
  • Price context
    38% below the 52-week high
    +8
  • 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 (2 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.

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 Jul 31, 2026: -15.6%SPY +4.4% · excess -20.1%

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 0000874015-26-000254, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jul 30, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: by Spouse
+15,000$53.38$801k19,000Jul 31, 2026
Jul 31, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: by Spouse
+5,000$51.60$258k24,000Jul 31, 2026

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
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%
14Weak
IONSsell 710b5-1
IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Spencer R Berthelsen
director
$588k
8,000 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.

Michael R Hayden bought $1.1M of IONS | InsiderTell