No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 08 May 2026.
Lonza Group AG, classified in the Healthcare & Pharma sector, is a listed company based in Basel, Switzerland, founded in 1897. Its insiders report their share dealings to SIX SER. In the past year (18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026), 11 filings came from 4 insiders.
Both sides are active: 5 purchases worth €1.2M and 6 sales worth €1.7M, from 3 insiders and 2 insiders respectively. Taken together, the sales exceed the purchases by €545k. Open-market purchases are the filings investors watch most closely, because the insider pays for the shares out of pocket. Biggest ticket of the year: €523k, sold and made public on 20 August 2026. On the buying side, the filings list 3 senior executives among the declarants.
In all, 2 purchases were made within 30 days of a purchase by another insider of the company. A cluster is several different insiders buying the same stock within a short window, a pattern studied more closely than a single purchase. The clock since the last published purchase (8 May 2026) now reads 162 days. Half of the filings or more reach the SIX SER feed on the day of the trade. That lag is the time during which only the insider knows about the trade. Selling is not necessarily a view on the stock: liquidity needs and diversification are common motives.
With 11 filings in twelve months, the company is more active than the median of 9 filings across the 178 companies we follow on the same exchange. Over the whole record (from 2023), the tally stands at 25 purchases and 11 sales.
Other companies in the same sector with recent insider buying flagged by our signals: Cooper Companies, Inc. and Cytosorbents Corp. This summary is built from SIX SER disclosures alone and does not predict where the share price will go.
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Analysts rate Lonza Group AG Buy (bullish), based on 23 analysts. Average price target: CHF 689.48.
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Lonza Group AG is one of the world’s leading contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) serving the healthcare industry. Listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SMI/SPI) in Switzerland, the company offers investors exposure to high-value pharmaceutical outsourcing, with a business model centered on innovation, regulatory quality and industrial complexity. Founded in 1897 in the Swiss Alps, Lonza has evolved from a historic industrial group into a global specialist in development and manufacturing services for biopharma and biotechnology customers. Its headquarters are in Basel, at the heart of one of Switzerland’s most important life-sciences clusters.
Lonza’s core economic model is built around end-to-end services, from early development through to drug substance and drug product manufacturing. The group operates across a broad set of technology platforms, including mammalian biologics, small molecules, highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients (HPAPIs), bioconjugates, mRNA, microbial processes, and cell and gene therapies. This technological breadth is strategically important because it allows Lonza to address complex, high-barrier projects that typically involve long development cycles, stringent quality requirements and deep customer integration.
From a competitive standpoint, Lonza is positioned among the reference names in the global CDMO market, alongside other major international outsourcing specialists. Its differentiation lies in its technical depth, its global industrial footprint and its reputation as a long-term partner for innovative drug developers. The company emphasizes an integrated offering spanning R&D support through commercial-scale manufacturing, which strengthens customer retention and supports medium-term revenue visibility.
Geographically, Lonza operates a worldwide network of development and manufacturing sites across Europe, North America and Asia. This international footprint enables the group to serve multinational clients while preserving a strong historical base in Switzerland. In late 2024, Lonza announced a new strategic organization, reinforcing its focus on the core CDMO business and moving toward a simplified operating structure that became effective in 2025.
Recent highlights include management’s characterization of 2024 as a defining transformation year, marked by the launch of the “One Lonza Group” strategy, board-level governance enhancements and a sharper focus on long-term value creation. The company also discussed the evolution of its integrated platforms, notably around biologics, advanced synthesis and specialized modalities. For investors, Lonza combines a high-quality healthcare franchise, exposure to structurally growing pharmaceutical outsourcing demand, and operational leverage tied to the expansion of complex biologic and specialty manufacturing services.
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