Cedric Francois, the Chief Executive Officer of $APLS, sold 1,900 shares of the company on 07-15-2025 for an estimated $38,167. We received data on the trade from a recent SEC filing. This was a sale of approximately 0.6% of their shares of this class of stock. Following this trade, they now own 342,333 shares of this class of $APLS stock.
$APLS Insider Trading Activity
$APLS insiders have traded $APLS stock on the open market 35 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 35 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $APLS stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- CEDRIC FRANCOIS (Chief Executive Officer) has made 0 purchases and 5 sales selling 161,747 shares for an estimated $3,488,720.
- DAVID O. WATSON (General Counsel) has made 0 purchases and 5 sales selling 16,788 shares for an estimated $421,199.
- NUR NICHOLSON (Chief Technical Officer) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 6,918 shares for an estimated $208,737.
- ADAM J. TOWNSEND (Chief Commercial Officer) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 6,219 shares for an estimated $187,560.
- PASCAL DESCHATELETS (Chief Scientific Officer) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 5,524 shares for an estimated $166,975.
- TIMOTHY EUGENE SULLIVAN (Chief Financial Officer) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 5,364 shares for an estimated $161,901.
- KAREN LEWIS (Chief People Officer) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 3,356 shares for an estimated $101,199.
- MARK JEFFREY DELONG (Chief Business & Strat Officer) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 3,359 shares for an estimated $100,608.
- JAMES GEORGE CHOPAS (VP/Chief Accounting Officer) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 1,994 shares for an estimated $59,309.
- CAROLINE BAUMAL (Chief Medical Officer) sold 1,853 shares for an estimated $55,512
- JEFFREY EISELE (Chief Development Officer) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 1,569 shares for an estimated $47,486.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
$APLS Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 135 institutional investors add shares of $APLS stock to their portfolio, and 123 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- OCTAGON CAPITAL ADVISORS LP removed 3,006,980 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $65,762,652
- AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added 2,220,977 shares (+119.6%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $48,572,766
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ added 1,451,223 shares (+86.4%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $31,738,247
- ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC added 1,432,300 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $31,324,401
- CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP removed 1,285,300 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $28,109,511
- POINT72 ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. removed 1,267,958 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $27,730,241
- CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD added 1,013,500 shares (+2879.3%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $22,165,245
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
$APLS Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $APLS in the last several months. We have seen 7 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 05/22/2025
- Raymond James issued a "Outperform" rating on 05/09/2025
- Baird issued a "Outperform" rating on 05/08/2025
- Needham issued a "Buy" rating on 05/07/2025
- Cantor Fitzgerald issued a "Overweight" rating on 04/29/2025
- JP Morgan issued a "Overweight" rating on 03/04/2025
- HC Wainwright & Co. issued a "Buy" rating on 03/03/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for $APLS, check out Quiver Quantitative's $APLS forecast page.
$APLS Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $APLS recently. We have seen 15 analysts offer price targets for $APLS in the last 6 months, with a median target of $29.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Tazeen Ahmad from B of A Securities set a target price of $24.0 on 07/16/2025
- Judah Frommer from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $26.0 on 07/02/2025
- Derek Archila from Wells Fargo set a target price of $29.0 on 06/02/2025
- Yigal Nochomovitz from Citigroup set a target price of $41.0 on 05/22/2025
- Graig Suvannavejh from Mizuho set a target price of $20.0 on 05/14/2025
- Ryan Deschner from Raymond James set a target price of $52.0 on 05/09/2025
- Luca Issi from RBC Capital set a target price of $18.0 on 05/08/2025
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