Cytokinetics Inc, founded in 1997, is a Healthcare & Pharma company based in South San Francisco, United States. Its directors and officers file their transactions with SEC (Form 4). Between 18 October 2025 and 18 October 2026, 20 insiders published 163 filings.
All open-market trades in the period are sales: 56 sales worth €21.9M, by 8 insiders, with no purchase on record. No amount is published for 6 filings, which the totals therefore leave out. One trade stands out by size: a sale of €5.9M from Blum Robert I, disclosed on 15 September 2026, or 0.074% of market capitalisation.
The median gap between a trade and its publication by SEC (Form 4) is 1 day. Section 16 rules allow two business days to file each Form 4. A sale on its own says little: insiders also sell to pay tax, fund a purchase or diversify.
Across the 5,458 companies tracked on its exchange, the median is 22 filings; at 163 filings, this issuer sits above that mark. Over the whole record (from 2021), the tally stands at no purchases and 147 sales. On the fundamentals side, the SEC filing (10-K) for the period ending 31 December 2025 lists revenue at 88.0 m USD and net income at -785.0 m USD.
Elsewhere in the same sector, our signals recently picked up insider purchases at Anixa Biosciences Inc and Vivos Inc. This summary is built from SEC (Form 4) disclosures alone and does not predict where the share price will go.
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Analysts rate Cytokinetics Inc Strong Buy (bullish), based on 20 analysts. Average price target: US$109.90.
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Cytokinetics, Incorporated (ticker: CYTK) is a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company listed on the Nasdaq market in the United States, with headquarters in South San Francisco, California. Founded in 1997 by pioneers in muscle biology, the company began operations in 1998 and later sharpened its focus on muscle dysfunction after discontinuing oncology research in 2008. That strategic pivot is important: Cytokinetics is not a broad, diversified pharma group, but a science-driven specialist built around the biology of muscle performance, especially in cardiac disease.
Cytokinetics’ core business is the discovery, development, and commercialization of medicines designed to alter muscle function. The company’s scientific platform centers on sarcomere biology and molecular motor proteins, and it has historically described its portfolio in terms of first-in-class muscle activators and next-in-class muscle inhibitors. Its lead commercial asset is MYQORZO® (aficamten), a cardiac myosin inhibitor for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM). In 2025, aficamten achieved FDA approval in the U.S., and in 2026 the product also secured approvals in China and from the European Commission, marking a major transition from late-stage development to commercial execution.
From a market-positioning standpoint, Cytokinetics occupies a specialized, high-value niche in cardiovascular medicine. Its competitive edge comes from deep expertise in muscle biology, focused clinical development, and a differentiated mechanism of action rather than from scale. That focus can create meaningful barriers to entry and strong intellectual-property leverage, but it also concentrates risk around a relatively narrow therapeutic franchise. Recent clinical updates suggest the opportunity may extend beyond obstructive HCM: the company reported positive topline results in ACACIA-HCM, evaluating aficamten in non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which could broaden the addressable market over time.
Geographically, Cytokinetics remains anchored in South San Francisco, United States, but its business is increasingly global as it advances regulatory and commercial milestones outside the U.S. Recent notable events include FDA approval of MYQORZO in 2025, regulatory approval in China in 2025, European Commission approval in 2026, and additional supportive data presented for aficamten at major medical congresses. For French-speaking investors, CYTK should be viewed as a specialized U.S. Nasdaq-listed cardiovascular biotech entering a new phase of commercialization, with its valuation and execution increasingly tied to the uptake of aficamten and the expansion of its cardiac pipeline.
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Over the last 90 days, 25 filings published between 30 July and 13 October 2026: 13 sales for €10.3M. 12 other filings (not open-market purchases or sales: grants, options, plans, sale notices, block transfers). Largest amounts: Blum Robert I (President & CEO), sales of €7.7M; Callos Andrew (EVP, Chief Commercial Officer), sales of €1.6M; Malik Fady Ibraham (EVP Research & Development), sales of €627k.
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| Fiscal year end | Revenue | Net income | Diluted EPS | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | 88.0 m USD | -785.0 m USD | -6.54 USD | 10-K |
| Dec 2024 | 18.5 m USD | -589.5 m USD | -5.26 USD | 10-K |
| Dec 2023 | 7.5 m USD | -526.2 m USD | -5.45 USD | 10-K |
| Dec 2022 | 94.6 m USD | -389.0 m USD | -4.33 USD | 10-K |
| Dec 2021 | 70.4 m USD | -215.3 m USD | -2.80 USD | 10-K |
Amounts in USD, as filed (forms 10-K, 20-F or 40-F). Source: SEC EDGAR.