Insider Trading April 2, 2026

Kodiak Sciences CFO Sells $1.2M in Stock as Company Posts Positive Retinal Trial Data

John Borgeson disposed of nearly 30,000 shares and exercised options the same day Kodiak released Phase 3 and Phase 1B updates

By Jordan Park KOD
Kodiak Sciences CFO Sells $1.2M in Stock as Company Posts Positive Retinal Trial Data
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Kodiak Sciences Inc. Chief Financial Officer John A. Borgeson sold 29,900 shares on April 2, 2026, in transactions totaling $1,197,488, while also exercising options to acquire 30,000 shares. The trades were executed under a 10b5-1 plan and occurred as the stock traded close to its 52-week high after strong clinical readouts for retinal therapies prompted analyst attention.

Key Points

  • Kodiak CFO John A. Borgeson sold 29,900 shares on April 2, 2026, for $1,197,488, with sale prices between $39.14 and $41.77.
  • Borgeson also exercised options to buy 30,000 shares at $1.04 per share on the same day; transactions executed under a 10b5-1 plan adopted September 29, 2025.
  • Kodiak reported positive clinical data: GLOW2 Phase 3 for Zenkuda met its primary endpoint and APEX Phase 1B Week 24 results supported earlier clinical observations; H.C. Wainwright raised its price target to $58 and kept a Buy rating.

Chief Financial Officer John A. Borgeson of Kodiak Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: KOD) completed the sale of 29,900 shares of common stock on April 2, 2026, with the transactions valued at $1,197,488. The shares changed hands at prices between $39.14 and $41.77 per share.

On the same day, Borgeson exercised stock options to acquire 30,000 shares of Kodiak common stock at an exercise price of $1.04 per share, with the options exercise amounting to $31,200 in aggregate. The sales were carried out pursuant to a pre-existing 10b5-1 trading plan that Borgeson adopted on September 29, 2025.

After these transactions, Borgeson directly holds 183,316 shares of Kodiak Sciences. The timing of the trades coincided with the share price trading near its 52-week high of $45.60, following an extraordinary 1,593% return over the past year, according to InvestingPro data. InvestingPro also indicates that the stock may be overvalued relative to its Fair Value analysis.


Separately, Kodiak has reported recent clinical results that have contributed to market attention. The company disclosed positive outcomes from its GLOW2 Phase 3 study of Zenkuda (tarcocimab tedromer) in diabetic retinopathy. The trial achieved its primary endpoint: 62.5% of patients treated with Zenkuda experienced a two-step or greater improvement in diabetic retinopathy severity score versus 3.3% in the sham-treated group. Patients in the study received dosing at six-month intervals.

In reaction to the GLOW2 results, H.C. Wainwright raised its price target for Kodiak Sciences to $58 from $38 and maintained a Buy rating, citing the promising trial data. Kodiak also presented final Week 24 results from its Phase 1B APEX trial of KSI-101 at the Angiogenesis 2026 meeting; those results supported earlier observations of anatomical and visual improvements in patients with macular edema secondary to inflammation.

Those clinical updates - the GLOW2 Phase 3 outcome for Zenkuda and the Week 24 APEX findings for KSI-101 - frame Kodiak’s recent pipeline progress in retinal diseases and have factored into analyst coverage and investor focus.

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These transactions and clinical announcements together underscore a period of heightened activity around Kodiak Sciences: executive stock movement governed by a 10b5-1 plan, a substantial options exercise, share-price gains over the past year, and multiple clinical readouts that have prompted analyst revisions.

Risks

  • InvestingPro flags the stock as potentially overvalued relative to its Fair Value analysis, indicating valuation risk for equity investors - impacts equity markets and biotech sector valuations.
  • The share price has experienced extreme volatility, evidenced by a 1,593% return over the past year and trading near a 52-week high of $45.60, suggesting market sensitivity to clinical updates and analyst action - impacts market liquidity and investor sentiment in biotech.
  • Ongoing reliance on clinical readouts and subsequent analyst revisions means investor sentiment and stock movement may pivot on future trial communications and regulatory developments - impacts healthcare and biotech investors.

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