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ABCL AbCellera Biologics (ABCL) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Pharma & Biotech · Pharmaceutical preparations · CIK 0001703057
Cluster · 3 insidersC-suite buying · 1
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
75
13F, latest reported quarter
Conversions, 180 days
1
Codes C/M, not in net · $47.5K priced

What the filings say about ABCL

Insiders, 180 days
+$1.6M net bought
3 buyers

AbCellera Biologics insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

Over the last 180 days, AbCellera Biologics Inc. insiders bought a net $1.6M of stock across 39 Form 4 purchases and sales, with 3 insiders buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-27.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
BUY
2026-08-24 SEC
53,613
$570.4K
-3.4%
Context
  • 3 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (3 buys), the last on Aug 12, 2026.
  • -5.1% median (-5.1% mean) 90-day return after 2 previous buys.
  • The trade is 3.9% of the 1,373,397 shares held after it.
  • 2 other insiders bought within 30 days.
  • 75 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Hayden Michael R bought about $570.4K of ABCL on Aug 24, 2026; 2 other insiders bought within 30 days and 75 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
BUY
2026-08-18 SEC
10,000
$110.3K
+0.6%
Context
  • 9 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (9 buys), the last on May 14, 2026.
  • +1.7% median (+15.7% mean) 90-day return after 9 previous buys.
  • The trade is 4.0% of the 251,000 shares held after it.
  • 2 other insiders bought within 30 days.
  • 75 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Montalbano John S. bought about $110.3K of ABCL on Aug 18, 2026; 2 other insiders bought within 30 days and 75 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Chief Financial Officer
BUY
2026-08-14 SEC
37,200
$383.9K
+7.9%
Context
  • 5 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (5 buys), the last on Feb 27, 2026.
  • +19.8% median (+25.7% mean) 90-day return after 4 previous buys.
  • The trade is 7.7% of the 482,800 shares held after it.
  • 2 other insiders bought within 30 days.
  • 75 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Chief Financial Officer Booth Andrew bought about $383.9K of ABCL on Aug 14, 2026; 2 other insiders bought within 30 days and 75 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
BUY
2026-08-14 SECtraded 2026-08-12
46,387
$481.0K
+7.9%
Context
  • 2 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (2 buys), the last on Sep 22, 2023.
  • -5.1% median (-5.1% mean) 90-day return after 2 previous buys.
  • The trade is 3.5% of the 1,319,784 shares held after it.
  • 2 other insiders bought within 30 days.
  • 75 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Hayden Michael R bought about $481.0K of ABCL on Aug 12, 2026; 2 other insiders bought within 30 days and 75 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
BUY
2026-05-18 SECtraded 2026-05-14
20,000
$95.4K
+198.3%
Context
  • 8 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (8 buys), the last on Nov 26, 2025.
  • -2.8% median (+0.8% mean) 90-day return after 8 previous buys.
  • The trade is 8.3% of the 241,000 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
  • 75 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Montalbano John S. bought about $95.4K of ABCL on May 14, 2026; 75 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
39 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
net +$1.6M over 180 days
+$1.5M over 90 days
more than 91% of Pharma & Biotech
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
75 funds bought in last quarter
more than 58% of Pharma & Biotech
Revenue
+160.6% year over year
more than 88% of Pharma & Biotech
Margin
-194.9% net margin
below 65% of Pharma & Biotech
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
15.6% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 6.0 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
more than 73% of Pharma & Biotech
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
+120.8%12M
-49%+24%+98%+171%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-02-26 · Thermopylae Holdings Ltd. bought $580.3K2026-08-24 · Hayden Michael R bought $570.4K2026-08-12 · Hayden Michael R bought $481.0K2026-08-14 · Booth Andrew bought $383.9K2025-11-26 · Montalbano John S. bought $178.5K2026-02-27 · Booth Andrew bought $145.7K2026-02-27 · Thermopylae Holdings Ltd. bought $130.7K2026-08-18 · Montalbano John S. bought $110.3K2026-05-14 · Montalbano John S. bought $95.4K
Insider buy
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Who owns ABCL: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
$259.1M
$106.7M
$81.9M
$72.6M
$48.2M

Congress trades in ABCL

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

ABCL planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.

ABCL mutual fund holders (N-PORT)

Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
Counterpoint Quantitative Equity ETF
$7.6M position · as of 2026-06-30
2.1%
iShares Genomics Immunology and Healthcare ETF
$2.9M position · as of 2026-07-31
1.5%
Virtus Biotech Clinical Trials Etf
$338.7K position · as of 2026-07-31
0.7%
Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund
$1.9M position · as of 2026-06-30
0.3%
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) International Small Cap ETF
$1.3M position · as of 2026-06-30
0.2%
Invesco Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF
$100.3K position · as of 2026-05-31
0.1%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M · % is the share of the fund's own portfolio
Clinical pipeline
2 registered trials, 2 still running (ClinicalTrials.gov). A status change is dated here weeks before the press release.
1
Phase 1
1 active
1
Multi-phase
1 active
Matched by sponsor name. Trials run under a subsidiary's own name are not included.
Executive pay vs shareholder return · (1)
CEO pay, headline and as actually paid, against the company's return and its chosen peers' (DEF 14A).
FY
CEO total
Actually paid
Other execs, avg
TSR
Peer TSR
2025
$6.3M
$7.3M
$2.7M
-92%
+20%
2024
$8.2M
-$347.5K
$3.2M
-93%
-9%
2023
$714.9K
-$14.6M
$664.3K
-86%
-8%
2022
$8.8M
-$12.5M
$4.7M
-75%
-11%
2021
$9.1M
-$122.9M
$4.1M
-64%
-1%
Tagged by the company under SEC Item 402(v). Returns are cumulative from the start of the disclosure period. Green where the company beat its own peer group.
Live price
Daily candles from TradingView, under their licence. No filings marked.
Why this name is on the desk
3 insiders reported buying shares.
The record shows a net $1.6M bought by insiders over 180 days, 75 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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ABCL financials

Revenue growth
+160.6%
XBRL, annual
Net margin
-194.9%
Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
$66.2M
four quarters, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Net margin, TTM
-248.8%
net income over revenue, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Free cash flow, TTM
-$119.7M
operating cash flow minus capex, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Debt to equity
0.00x
current debt only, 2020-12-31 (66 months older than the period end); equity 2026-06-30
Cash flow to debt
-499.67x
TTM operating cash flow over current debt only, 2020-12-31 (66 months older than the period end)
Return on equity
-17.3%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30
Return on assets
-12.2%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30
Return on invested capital
n/a
pre-tax loss, no effective tax rate to apply
Return on capital employed
-17.4%
operating income (EBIT proxy) over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30 minus current liabilities
P/E, trailing
n/a
trailing loss, a multiple of a loss is not meaningful
Enterprise value
$3.6B
market value at close 2026-10-26 on 2026-08-03 shares, plus current debt only, 2020-12-31 (66 months older than the period end), minus cash 2026-06-30
FCF yield
-3.2%
TTM free cash flow over market value at close 2026-10-26
PEG, trailing
n/a
trailing loss, a multiple of a loss is not meaningful
Price as of 2026-10-26. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2025-122024-122023-122022-12
Revenue$75.1M$28.8M$38.0M$485.4M
Operating income-$217.1M-$314.8M-$237.2M$216.5M
Net income-$146.4M-$162.9M-$146.4M$158.5M
EPS (diluted)-0.49-0.55-0.510.50
Operating cash flow-$131.3M-$108.6M-$43.9M$277.4M
Cash$128.5M$156.3M$133.3M$386.5M
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-27

ABCL Stock Sonar score 6/7 axes

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ABCL ranks highest on insider conviction (90th percentile) and growth (88th), and lowest on risk and compliance (36th), among Pharma & Biotech peers.

ProfitHealthGrowthInsidersInstitutionsRisk
Profitability
74
Inputs
  • Return on equity-17.3% · 73 pct, sector of 545
  • Return on assets-12.2% · 73 pct, sector of 691
  • Return on invested capitalpre-tax loss, no effective tax rate to apply
  • Return on capital employed-17.4% · 75 pct, sector of 576
Financial health
45
Inputs
  • Debt to equity0.00x · 86 pct, sector of 352
  • Cash flow to debt-499.67x · 3 pct, sector of 371
Growth
88
Inputs
  • Revenue growth, YoY+160.6% · 88 pct, sector of 505
  • Backlog growth, YoYno backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog
Insider conviction
90
Inputs
  • Net Form 4 buying (codes P and S), 180d$1.6M · 91 pct, sector of 428
  • Insider buyers, 180d3 · 89 pct, sector of 437
Institutional and government
58
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter75 · 58 pct, sector of 698
  • Congress net buyers, 365dno Congress trades in 365 days
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quartersno lobbying filings in the last four quarters
Risk and compliance
36
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+15.6% · 24 pct, sector of 813
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-K+11.1% · 48 pct, sector of 511
1 not measured: US patents
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

6 of 7 axes scored. Each is a percentile against sector peers (all companies when the sector is thin); higher is better. An unscored axis is unmeasured, not low. How it is scored

ABCL filings, in plain words

Are AbCellera Biologics insiders buying or selling ABCL?

In the 180 days to 2026-10-27, AbCellera Biologics insiders were net buyers, a net $1.6M across purchases and sales reported on Form 4, by 3 buyers.

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In the 180 days to 2026-10-27, AbCellera Biologics insiders were net buyers of ABCL, a net $1.6M across purchases and sales reported on Form 4 by 3 buyers. 3 different insiders reported purchases within the last 90 days, a cluster buy, which is rarer than a single purchase. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-27, dated the day the filing was made public.

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