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VERACYTE, INC. [VCYT]

Reporting date: 10/06/2025

⚠️ Neutral Insider Sale Detected

📝 What Happened

  • Insider: Febbo Phillip G.
  • Role: Chief Scientific & Med Officer (Officer)
  • Company: VERACYTE, INC. (VCYT)
  • Transaction Date(s): 2025-10-06
  • Table I (Non-Derivative Securities)
    • Sale : 8,349
    • Average Sale Price: 36.0174
    • Total Value: 8,349 * 36.0174 = ~$300,709.27
    • Post-Transaction Direct Holdings: 92,441
    • Indirect Holdings: None reported
    • 10b5-1 Plan Used? Yes

📄 Summary

Febbo Phillip G., Chief Scientific & Med Officer at VERACYTE, INC. (VCYT), sold 8,349 shares on October 6, 2025, at an average price of $36.02, realizing proceeds of about ~$300,709.27. After the transaction, he now holds 92,441 direct shares and has no indirect holdings reported. For retail traders, this is a neutral event: 10b5-1 pre-arranged sale, modest relative to holdings.

🔑 Interpretation

  • Type: Comp-related / pre-arranged (Rule 10b5-1 plan) — indicated on the Form 4 and footnote.
  • Disposition: Shares were sold (disposed) as reported — not retained in this transaction.
  • Size Context: The sale of 8,349 shares represents approximately 8.3% of pre-transaction holdings (pre-sale ≈100,790 shares); size is moderate and consistent with routine tranche sales rather than an outsized liquidation.
  • ATH Metric: Public price history shows VCYT’s all-time high is materially above the trade price and the all-time low is well below it; the $36.02 sale price is below the stock’s ATH and well above its historic lows, so the trade does not appear timed at an extreme high or low.
  • Outlier Check: Not unusually large versus holdings or typical single transactions — consistent with a scheduled 10b5-1 sale rather than an extraordinary one-off block sale.

📊 Bullish or Bearish?

Decide: Neutral

Neutral. The filing shows a single insider sale executed under a 10b5-1 plan (transaction code S), with the insider retaining the bulk of holdings; this looks like pre-planned liquidity rather than a discretionary, negative signal. Data completeness is good for this transaction, but cluster activity cannot be determined from this filing alone.

✅ Bottom Line (Retail Takeaway)

This transaction looks like routine, pre-arranged profit-taking rather than a clear bearish signal. For retail traders, it’s likely noise — not a tradeable event unless corroborated by significant sales from multiple senior insiders or the CEO/CFO.