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Stephen Davis sold $156k of ACAD

CEO at ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. 8,582 shares at an average of $18.16, traded Apr 6, 2023, filed Apr 7, 2023.

Warning score
36
Value
$156k
8,582 shares
Holdings after
100,478
-8% from before
From 52-week low
+41%
low $13.01, close $18.35
From 52-week high
-33%
high $27.22, as of Apr 6, 2023

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $156k at market
    +11
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 7.9% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    5 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.

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.

ACADOct 13, 2026 · close 18.62
Since filing Apr 10, 2023: +4.6%SPY +96.2% · excess -91.6%

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 0001209191-23-023862, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Apr 5, 2023MOption exercise
Common Stock
+17,333--109,060Apr 7, 2023
Apr 6, 2023SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-8,582$18.16$156k100,478Apr 7, 2023
Apr 5, 2023MOption exercise
Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
-17,333$0.00$052,000Apr 7, 2023

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
24Weak
ACADsell 210b5-1
ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Mark C. Schneyer
EVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
$587k
20,141 shares
-27%
15Weak
ACADsell 210b5-1
ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Elizabeth H.Z. Thompson
EVP, Head of Research & Dev
$433k
16,558 shares
-47%
19Weak
ACADsell10b5-1
ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
James Kihara
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER
$298k
11,421 shares
-47%
30Weak
ACADsell
ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
James Kihara
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER
$114k
5,401 shares
-18%
0Weak
ACADsell 210b5-1
ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
James Kihara
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER
$29k
1,332 shares
-4%
3Weak
ACADsell 210b5-1
ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Mark C. Schneyer
EVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
$76k
3,506 shares
-5%
0Weak
ACADsell 510b5-1
ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
James Kihara
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER
$23k
1,030 shares
-4%
9Weak
ACADsell 510b5-1
ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Mark C. Schneyer
EVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
$60k
2,709 shares
-4%
14Weak
ACADsell 510b5-1
ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Jennifer J Rhodes
EVP, CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, SEC
$83k
3,844 shares
-25%
1Weak
ACADsell 510b5-1
ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
James Kihara
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER
$42k
1,942 shares
-7%

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.

Stephen Davis sold $156k of ACAD | InsiderTell