Kodiak Sciences director Baker Bros. Advisors Lp buys $24.3 million of shares
Open market purchase reported on Form 4, filed Nov 6, 2026.
Snapshot
Baker Bros. Advisors Lp, a director of Kodiak Sciences (KOD), bought 247,090 shares in open market purchases between Nov 4, 2026 and Nov 5, 2026, about $24.3 million at an average price of $98.51 a share, according to a Form 4 filed with the SEC on Nov 6, 2026.
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Market Data
| Company | 1D % | Price |
|---|---|---|
| ($KOD) | ▲ +9.10% | 99.30 |
as of 16:00 ET · Realtime derived data
What We Know
The filing lists 4 open market purchase lines: • Nov 4, 2026: 8,742 shares at $98.51. • Nov 4, 2026: 151,916 shares at $98.51. • Nov 5, 2026: 4,703 shares at $98.51. • Nov 5, 2026: 81,729 shares at $98.51.
After the last purchase, the filing reports 20,424,859 shares held indirectly in that account.
Octans View
The purchases raised the holding reported in that account by about 1.2%, computed from the filed share counts. An open market purchase is made with the insider's own money at the market price, unlike option exercises or stock awards, which this brief excludes. The filing does not say why the insider bought. The filing is a joint filing with 5 related reporting persons; the purchases are counted once.
Bear Case · Room for Disagreement
Limits. Insiders must report trades within two business days; this brief covers one filing and does not net it against sales by the same person or other insiders. Prices are as filed; where a line shows a weighted average, the filing's footnotes give the range.
Method and source. Octans Research reads the structured Form 4 filed with the SEC, keeps open market purchases (code P) only, and computes the total value and the average price from the filed share counts and prices. The filed price must sit within 25% of the closing price on the trade date. The text is generated by a fixed template; no model wrote it.
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Sources
- [1]SEC EDGAR — Form 4 filed by Baker Bros. Advisors Lp for Kodiak Sciences, Nov 6, 2026
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