Personalis (PSNL) is down 14.6% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement. ([investors.personalis.com](https://investors.personalis.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tempus-acquire-personalis-more-tightly-integrating-molecular))
Analysis: The most likely driver is the market’s reaction to Tempus AI’s agreement to acquire Personalis, with traders repricing PSNL to the economics and risk of the merger rather than treating the announced $16.25 figure as guaranteed cash. Because the consideration is primarily stock, capped by a maximum exchange ratio, and the deal is not expected to close until late 2026 or early 2027, weakness in Tempus shares and normal merger-arbitrage discounting appear to have pushed Personalis lower. ([investors.personalis.com](https://investors.personalis.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tempus-acquire-personalis-more-tightly-integrating-molecular))
Details:
Sources:
Personalis Investor Relations, SEC, MarketBeat
Disclaimer: This price movement analysis was generated with the help of AI. Please double-check the information provided for mistakes.
$PSNL Insider Trading Activity
$PSNL insiders have traded $PSNL stock on the open market 10 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 10 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $PSNL stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- CHRISTOPHER M HALL (Chief Executive Officer) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 300,000 shares for an estimated $3,925,000.
- AARON TACHIBANA (CFO AND COO) has made 0 purchases and 5 sales selling 136,233 shares for an estimated $1,688,740.
- RICHARD CHEN (President and CMO) sold 100,000 shares for an estimated $1,515,000
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard. You can access data on insider stock transactions through the Quiver Quantitative API insider transaction endpoint.
$PSNL Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 67 institutional investors add shares of $PSNL stock to their portfolio, and 51 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- DEEP TRACK CAPITAL, LP added 3,000,000 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $19,110,000
- CASDIN CAPITAL, LLC added 1,600,000 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $10,192,000
- NEXT CENTURY GROWTH INVESTORS LLC removed 624,363 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $3,977,192
- KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added 470,920 shares (+27.5%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $2,999,760
- MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC added 419,128 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $2,669,845
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC added 394,657 shares (+115.2%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $2,513,965
- PORTOLAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC added 357,516 shares (+94.3%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $2,277,376
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.
$PSNL Government Contracts
We have seen $13,500,000 of award payments to $PSNL over the last year.
Here are some of the awards which we have have seen pay out the most over the last year:
- WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING: $13,500,000
To track government contracts to publicy traded companies, check out Quiver Quantitative's government contracts dashboard. You can access data on government contracts through the Quiver Quantitative API government contracts endpoint.
$PSNL Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $PSNL in the last several months. We have seen 1 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- BTIG issued a "Buy" rating on 02/11/2026
To track analyst ratings and price targets for $PSNL, check out Quiver Quantitative's $PSNL forecast page.
$PSNL Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $PSNL recently. We have seen 4 analysts offer price targets for $PSNL in the last 6 months, with a median target of $12.5.
Here are some recent targets:
- Tejas Savant from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $13.0 on 07/09/2026
- Mark Massaro from BTIG set a target price of $11.0 on 05/11/2026
- Mike Matson from Needham set a target price of $12.0 on 02/27/2026
- Subbu Nambi from Guggenheim set a target price of $13.0 on 01/26/2026
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