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4/5Joby Aviation, Inc. (JOBY): Auditor change

Filed 2026-03-06 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0001819848-26-000165 mid

Market data

Price before filing: $9.61 (2026-03-05 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $9.01B (2026-03-06) 路 Latest: $4.52B (2026-10-16)

What happened next

WindowJOBYSPYvs SPY
30 days-9.5%-3.0%-6.4%2026-04-06
90 days+15.9%+11.4%+4.5%2026-06-04
180 days-29.0%+12.9%-41.9%2026-09-02

Return from the last close before the filing date to the first close on/after the window end. Pending windows have not fully elapsed. Past performance says nothing certain about the future.

Insider trading around this filing

90 days before the flag: 7 insiders sold $16.1M (47 sales); 1 insider bought $7K (1 purchase)
30 days after: 7 insiders sold $754K (19 sales)

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue10b5-1 planSource
2025-12-15Papadopoulos Didier
President of Aircraft OEM
Sale5,987$14.99$90KyesForm 4
2025-12-16Papadopoulos Didier
President of Aircraft OEM
Sale1,979$14.08$28KyesForm 4
2025-12-30Allison Eric
Chief Product Officer
Sale32,448$13.25$430KnoForm 4
2025-12-31Thompson Michael N. Jr.
Director
Purchase550$13.24$7KnoForm 4
2026-01-02Allison Eric
Chief Product Officer
Sale5,447$13.51$74KnoForm 4
2026-01-02Bevirt JoeBen
CEO and Chief Architect, Director, 10% owner
Sale23,552$13.51$318KnoForm 4
2026-01-02Bowles Gregory
Chief Policy Officer
Sale4,194$13.51$57KnoForm 4
2026-01-02DeHoff Kate
See Remarks
Sale10,484$13.51$142KnoForm 4
2026-01-02Papadopoulos Didier
President of Aircraft OEM
Sale11,650$13.51$157KyesForm 4
2026-01-02Simi Bonny W
President of Operations
Sale6,585$13.51$89KyesForm 4
2026-01-02Simi Bonny W
President of Operations
Sale83,578$13.77$1.2MyesForm 4
2026-01-02Simi Bonny W
President of Operations
Sale20,010$14.29$286KyesForm 4
2026-01-05Papadopoulos Didier
President of Aircraft OEM
Sale1,400$15.25$21KyesForm 4
2026-01-05Papadopoulos Didier
President of Aircraft OEM
Sale5,029$16.01$81KyesForm 4
2026-01-13Allison Eric
Chief Product Officer
Sale21,493$14.84$319KnoForm 4
2026-01-13Bevirt JoeBen
CEO and Chief Architect, Director, 10% owner
Sale1,630$14.83$24KnoForm 4
2026-01-13Bowles Gregory
Chief Policy Officer
Sale894$14.83$13KyesForm 4
2026-01-13Brumana Rodrigo
Chief Financial Officer
Sale523$14.83$8KnoForm 4
2026-01-13DeHoff Kate
See Remarks
Sale7,092$14.84$105KyesForm 4
2026-01-13Papadopoulos Didier
President of Aircraft OEM
Sale1,367$14.84$20KyesForm 4
2026-01-13Simi Bonny W
President of Operations
Sale1,232$14.84$18KnoForm 4
2026-01-14Bowles Gregory
Chief Policy Officer
Sale5,383$14.72$79KyesForm 4
2026-01-14DeHoff Kate
See Remarks
Sale28,260$14.72$416KyesForm 4
2026-01-14Papadopoulos Didier
President of Aircraft OEM
Sale804$14.53$12KyesForm 4
2026-02-02DeHoff Kate
See Remarks
Sale8,194$10.48$86KnoForm 4
2026-03-06: red flag filed

Showing 25 of 67 transactions.

Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2025-12-06 to 2026-04-05. Excludes option exercises, grants, gifts and tax withholding. Amended filings replace the originals; joint filings count once. Foreign private issuers do not file Form 4. Many insider sales are pre-scheduled (10b5-1 plans) and are not by themselves a sign of wrongdoing.

Verified excerpt

"(the " Company ") approved the dismissal of Deloitte & Touche LLP (" Deloitte ") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately."

Quoted from the filing. Source

What this means

The company changed its outside auditor (8-K Item 4.01). A dismissal or resignation, especially near an annual report or with reported disagreements, is a warning sign. Changes caused by audit firms merging are usually routine.

Type: dismissed
Disagreements reported: yes
Former auditor: Deloitte & Touche LLP · New auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Why this score: disagreements reported

Read the original filing on SEC.gov →

Not investment advice. Automated summary; verify against the filing.

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