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Today's Top Insider Moves That Matter

Today was a tug-of-war between caution and conviction.

Tech took a breather, especially in semiconductors and software, while energy and consumer names quietly pulled back. But in the undercurrents, financials and industrials showed signs of rotation, and healthcare stayed mixed as investors weighed risk and resilience.

Insiders, meanwhile, were anything but uncertain.

Activist investors loaded up on small-cap turnarounds. Hedge funds doubled down on speculative biotech. And a string of cluster buys in REITs, chemicals, and insurance pointed to quiet confidence in unloved sectors. At the same time, we saw big-name execs in tech and retail lighten their exposure, just as those stocks started to sputter.

The message? While the market hesitates, insiders are drawing lines, cutting loose where they smell froth and digging in where they see hidden value. And that contrast tells you exactly where the smartest money is headed next.

Let’s break it down.

Biggest Insider Sales

🛠️ StandardAero $SARO ( ▼ 0.37% ) – Carlyle Pulls $668M From the Tarmac

• Who’s Selling? Carlyle Group Inc. (10% Owner)

• What They Sold: 24,475,138 shares at $27.30

• Total Value: $668.2M

• Why It Matters: This isn’t a trim, it’s a deep cut. The private equity giant shed 14% of its stake in one of its aerospace holdings, raising questions about Carlyle’s conviction in SARO’s near-term runway.

🏗️ Landbridge Co $LB ( ▼ 0.44% ) – Coordinated $286M Dump by Two Insiders

• Who’s Selling? David Capobianco (Director, 10%) and Landbridge Holdings LLC (10% Owner)

• What They Sold: Two identical 1.9M share blocks at $75.25

• Total Value: $143M each, $286M combined

• Why It Matters: When two insiders dump the exact same amount on the same day, it’s not a coincidence, it’s choreography. While they each still hold over 51M shares, a $286M sale deserves investor attention.

💾 Snowflake Inc. $SNOW ( ▲ 1.17% ) – CFO Clears $82M in Snow

• Who’s Selling? Michael Scarpelli (Chief Financial Officer)

• What They Sold: 400,000 shares at $205.36

• Total Value: $82.1M

• Why It Matters: A 27% personal stake reduction from the CFO in a data-heavy growth stock like Snowflake isn’t just housekeeping. It might be pre-summer thaw behavior.

📱 Applovin $APP ( ▲ 0.51% ) – CTO Cashes In $16.9M

• Who’s Selling? Vasily Shikin (Chief Technology Officer)

• What They Sold: 47,734 shares at $353.50

• Total Value: $16.9M

• Why It Matters: A modest 1% trim from the CTO, but the high price per share suggests he wanted to lock in gains after a strong run-up in the adtech space.

Today’s sales lean heavily toward strategic trims from insiders with substantial remaining ownership, except for Carlyle, whose aerospace offload is too large to ignore. Could this be a broader reallocation out of defense-industrial names?

Let’s flip the script and look at where insiders are doubling down. Today’s biggest buys show a very different kind of conviction…

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