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Cassava Sciences, Inc. (SAVA) 

NASDAQ
Market Cap
$890.44M
Sector
Healthcare
Industry
Biotechnology
Rank in Sector
138 of 809
Rank in Industry
91 of 445

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SAVA Stock Performance

About Cassava Sciences, Inc.

Cassava Sciences, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company, develops drugs for neurodegenerative diseases. Its lead therapeutic product candidate is simufilam, a small molecule drug, which is completed Phase 2b clinical trial; and investigational diagnostic product candidate is SavaDx, a blood-based biomarker/diagnostic to detect Alzheimer's disease. The company was formerly known as Pain Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to Cassava Sciences, Inc. in March 2019. Cassava Sciences, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Insider Activity of Cassava Sciences, Inc.

Over the last 12 months, insiders at Cassava Sciences, Inc. have bought $831,428 and sold $0 worth of Cassava Sciences, Inc. stock.

On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Cassava Sciences, Inc. have bought $2.46M and sold $0 worth of stock each year.

Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: ROBERTSON SANFORD (director) — $1.57M. Barry Richard (director) — $615,856.

The last purchase of 30,000 shares for transaction amount of $523,500 was made by ROBERTSON SANFORD (director) on 2023‑08‑23.

List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, Cassava Sciences, Inc.

2023-08-23PurchaseROBERTSON SANFORDdirector
30,000
0.0716%
$17.45$523,500+22.70%
2023-08-22PurchaseBarry Richarddirector
16,571
0.0382%
$16.65$275,907+23.91%
2023-08-21PurchaseBarry Richarddirector
1,906
0.0046%
$16.80$32,021+27.12%
2023-03-07PurchaseBarry Richarddirector
77,276
0.1893%
$25.76$1.99M-9.92%
2023-03-06PurchaseBarry Richarddirector
11,565
0.0275%
$26.13$302,193-13.62%
2022-08-23PurchaseBarry Richard
36,159
0.0849%
$23.79$860,223+3.97%
2022-08-23PurchaseKupiec James WilliamChief Clinical Dev. Officer
2,500
0.006%
$24.44$61,100+3.97%
2022-08-12PurchaseROBERTSON SANFORD
100,000
0.253%
$20.69$2.07M+29.04%
2022-08-12PurchaseSchoen EricChief Financial Officer
2,500
0.0061%
$19.95$49,875+29.04%
2020-09-24PurchaseBARBIER REMIPresident and CEO
10,000
0.0395%
$9.59$95,900+369.31%
2020-09-18PurchaseROBERTSON SANFORDdirector
36,281
0.1287%
$8.92$323,627+341.71%
2020-09-17PurchaseROBERTSON SANFORDdirector
213,719
0.8426%
$6.98$1.49M+527.36%
2020-09-17PurchaseSchoen EricChief Financial Officer
12,000
0.0477%
$7.03$84,380+527.36%
2019-12-31PurchaseBARBIER REMIPresident and CEO
100,000
0.4344%
$5.53$553,000+31.73%
2019-12-26PurchaseBARBIER REMIPresident and CEO
10,000
0.0567%
$4.15$41,500+65.01%
2019-12-20PurchaseROBERTSON SANFORDdirector
423,788
2.2827%
$2.20$932,334+172.00%
2019-12-19PurchaseROBERTSON SANFORDdirector
76,212
0.411%
$1.86$141,754+222.11%
2019-12-19PurchaseSchoen EricChief Financial Officer
5,300
0.0289%
$1.88$9,964+222.11%
2019-12-18PurchaseBARBIER REMIPresident and CEO
2,599
0.0141%
$1.65$4,288+264.29%
2019-05-14PurchaseSchoen EricChief Financial Officer
10,000
0.0583%
$1.06$10,600+31.13%

Insider Historical Profitability

20.28%
ROBERTSON SANFORDdirector
886851
2.0997%
$18.56140+109.58%
Barry Richarddirector
293477
0.6948%
$18.5650<0.0001%
BLACK BEAR OFFSHORE MASTER FUND LP10 percent owner
5810453
13.7568%
$18.56719+9.41%
Sabretooth Master Fund, L.P.10 percent owner
4263076
10.0933%
$18.5603
EASTBOURNE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC/CA10 percent owner
3230204
7.6478%
$18.561017<0.0001%
BARBIER REMIPresident and CEO
1078855
2.5543%
$18.566112+182.87%
FRIEDMANN NADAVChief Operating Officer
259255
0.6138%
$18.561216+17.7%
SCHOENHARD GRANTChief Scientific Officer
48157
0.114%
$18.5618+2.91%
RODDY PETER SCFO
42396
0.1004%
$18.562817+4.29%
Schoen EricChief Financial Officer
19800
0.0469%
$18.5640+278.2%
O DONNELL MICHAEL Jdirector
5775
0.0137%
$18.5602
Kupiec James WilliamChief Clinical Dev. Officer
2500
0.0059%
$18.5610+3.97%
ARMISTICE CAPITAL, LLC10 percent owner
0
0%
$18.5604

Institutional Investor Ownership

Top Shareholders
Top Buyers
Top Sellers
New Shareholders
Sold-Out Shareholders
BlackRock$61.79M6.353.05M+0.27%+$163,314.21<0.01
The Vanguard Group$47.81M4.912.36M+1.37%+$646,317.66<0.01
State Street$22.19M2.281.09M+2.23%+$483,490.42<0.01
Geode Capital Management$18.3M1.88901,840+3.19%+$565,030.69<0.01
Gallacher Capital Management Llc$11.88M1.22585,381+0.65%+$76,594.726.39
Northern Trust$7.69M0.79378,818-2.28%-$179,525.92<0.01
Charles Schwab$6.42M0.66316,391+2.45%+$153,290.94<0.01
Morgan Stanley$4.15M0.43204,421-62.23%-$6.83M<0.0001
Nuveen$3.29M0.34162,211-41.76%-$2.36M<0.01
Bank of America$2.92M0.3143,905-38.49%-$1.83M<0.0001
Clear Creek Financial Management$2.81M0.29138,525+2.91%+$79,536.790.38
BNY Mellon$2.42M0.25119,289-9.91%-$266,386.66<0.0001
Jane Street Capital$1.96M0.296,387-74.24%-$5.64M<0.01
UBS$1.72M0.1884,726+1.06%+$18,058.10<0.01
Advisor Group Holdings Inc$1.67M0.1782,534-30.2%-$724,501.01<0.01
Swiss National Bank$1.59M0.1678,6000%+$0<0.01
Raymond James Associates$1.54M0.1676,047+2.63%+$39,565.51<0.01
LINSCO PRIVATE LEDGER CORP$1.17M0.1257,711+3.02%+$34,269.60<0.01
RhumbLine Advisers$1.16M0.1256,937+1.49%+$16,941.92<0.01
JPMorgan Chase$1.13M0.1255,874+1.35%+$15,116.06<0.0001
Goldman Sachs$1.07M0.1152,831-67.32%-$2.21M<0.0001
Barclays$1.04M0.1151,358-51.36%-$1.1M<0.0001
Credit Suisse$1.04M0.1151,154+2.42%+$24,530.62<0.01
ESSEX LLC$1.03M0.1150,674+45.72%+$322,610.860.19
Ubs Asset Management Americas Inc$939,021.000.146,2800%+$0<0.0001
Legal & General$852,646.000.0942,023+2.96%+$24,530.59<0.0001
CalSTRS$814,258.000.0840,131-4.58%-$39,078.54<0.01
AllianceBernstein$775,078.000.0838,2000%+$0<0.0001
Advisory Services Network Llc$673,628.000.0733,200+138.68%+$391,394.100.02
OZ MANAGEMENT LLC$654,758.000.0732,270-35.84%-$365,828.530.01
T. Rowe Price$636,000.000.0731,327+4.87%+$29,559.68<0.0001
Dimensional Fund Advisors$601,721.000.0629,656+71.06%+$249,952.83<0.0001
State of Wisconsin Investment Board$556,413.000.0627,423-52.34%-$610,993.13<0.01
Wolverine Trading$539,572.000.0626,593New+$539,572.000.01
Citigroup$442,809.000.0521,824+4.62%+$19,539.27<0.0001
Deutsche Bank$436,012.000.0521,489+1.62%+$6,939.18<0.0001
MetLife Investment Management$414,362.000.0420,4220%+$0<0.01
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company$412,354.000.0420,323+33.39%+$103,215.31<0.0001
American International Group$402,330.000.0419,829+0.3%+$1,217.40<0.01
Franklin Templeton Investments$388,432.000.0419,144-0.14%-$547.83<0.0001
Cetera Advisor Networks LLC$368,872.000.0418,180+20.6%+$63,000.42<0.01
Brookstone Capital Management$339,918.000.0416,7530%+$00.01
Janus Henderson$337,563.000.0416,641+<0.01%+$20.29<0.0001
Ameriprise Financial$333,933.000.0316,458-3.77%-$13,087.06<0.0001
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co Ltd$386,504.000.0316,475-7.92%-$33,266.32<0.0001
Wells Fargo$331,825.000.0316,354+15.33%+$44,110.77<0.0001
Imc Chicago Llc$334,460.000.0316,484-6.66%-$23,881.30<0.01
Susquehanna International Group$318,310.000.0315,688-8.5%-$29,582.87<0.0001
Jefferies Financial Group$321,049.000.0315,823-83.78%-$1.66M0.01
New York State Common Retirement Fund$317,000.000.0315,638-0.06%-$182.44<0.0001