No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 16 May 2024.
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc., classified in the Healthcare & Pharma sector, is a listed company based in Boston, United States, founded in 2008. Its insiders report their share dealings to SEC (Form 4). In the past year (18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026), 43 filings came from 8 insiders.
No insider bought on the market over the period, while 4 insiders filed 12 sales totalling €2.3M. At €686k, the sale published on 13 April 2026 by Canton Barry is the largest of the period.
The median gap between a trade and its publication by SEC (Form 4) is 4 days. The legal deadline for a Form 4 is two business days after the transaction. Selling is not necessarily a view on the stock: liquidity needs and diversification are common motives.
Across the 5,808 companies tracked on its exchange, the median is 19 filings; at 43 filings, this issuer sits above that mark. The full history, which starts in 2021, counts 4 purchases against 236 sales. On the fundamentals side, the SEC filing (10-K) for the period ending 31 December 2025 lists revenue at 170.2 m USD and net income at -312.8 m USD.
Elsewhere in the same sector, our signals recently picked up insider purchases at Cooper Companies, Inc. and Cytosorbents Corp. These figures are compiled from regulatory filings published by SEC (Form 4). They describe what insiders did and are not a recommendation.
Analysts rate Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. Underperform (bearish), based on 2 analysts. Average price target: US$8.00.
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Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. is a U.S.-based biotechnology company listed on the NYSE in the United States under the ticker DNA. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, at 27 Drydock Avenue. Founded in Boston in 2008 by MIT-affiliated scientists, Ginkgo was built around a mission to make biology easier to engineer by combining biological design, software, automation, and lab infrastructure into one platform. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830214/000162828026012346/R11.htm))
Ginkgo’s business model is organized around two main operating areas. The first, Cell Engineering, provides biological R&D tools and services to commercial and government customers across multiple industries, including healthcare, agriculture, industrial applications, chemicals, and materials. The second, Biosecurity, provides services designed to identify, monitor, prevent, and mitigate biological threats. Importantly, Ginkgo does not primarily sell end products to consumers; instead, it monetizes its platform, technical expertise, data capabilities, and automation stack to help customers move biological programs forward more quickly. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830214/000162828026012346/R11.htm))
From a competitive standpoint, Ginkgo positions itself as a platform company in synthetic biology, a field where integration across robotics, computation, organism design, and experimental execution can create meaningful differentiation. The company emphasizes its Foundry platform and newer “autonomous labs” offering, placing it at the intersection of biotechnology, lab automation, and AI-enabled scientific workflows. That positioning allows Ginkgo to serve private customers while also participating in U.S. government-funded programs. ([nasdaq.com](https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/twist-bioscience-and-ginkgo-bioworks-revise-collaboration-2025-05-08))
Recent developments have been strategically significant. In 2025, Ginkgo announced several government-related contracts and partnerships, including work with ARPA-H and a BARDA BioMaP Consortium award, underscoring its exposure to U.S. public-sector health, biosecurity, and industrial-resilience initiatives. In May 2025, the company also revised its collaboration with Twist Bioscience. Most notably, in late February 2026, Ginkgo announced its full-year 2025 results and said it had agreed to sell its Biosecurity business to a consortium of investors, turning that unit into a standalone private company while Ginkgo concentrates capital and management attention on autonomous labs. ([nasdaq.com](https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/ginkgo-bioworks-teams-partners-arpa-h-project-stabilize-pharmaceutical-supply-chains))
For investors, the key theme is execution: Ginkgo remains a growth-oriented, restructuring-stage platform company whose medium-term value depends on commercial scaling, improved economics, and the success of its strategic pivot toward autonomous laboratory offerings in the United States.
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| Fiscal year end | Revenue | Net income | Diluted EPS | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | 170.2 m USD | -312.8 m USD | -5.64 USD | 10-K |
| Dec 2024 | 227.0 m USD | -547.0 m USD | -10.54 USD | 10-K |
| Dec 2023 | 251.5 m USD | -892.9 m USD | -18.37 USD | 10-K |
| Dec 2022 | 477.7 m USD | -2.10 bn USD | -50.20 USD | 10-K |
| Dec 2021 | 313.8 m USD | -1.83 bn USD | -1.39 USD | 10-K |
Amounts in USD, as filed (forms 10-K, 20-F or 40-F). Source: SEC EDGAR.