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Another one for the sell pile
Samsara co-founder Sanjit Biswas sold 96,562 shares on April 15 at an average price of $27.98, raking in roughly $2.7 million and cutting his stake by 37.9%. The trade was made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, which is basically the corporate version of “don’t blame me, the calendar made me do it.”
Why investors notice
Insider selling by itself isn’t a fire alarm. Founders cash out for taxes, diversification, or just because they’d like to buy something more exciting than a pile of concentrated stock. But when you layer this sale on top of several other recent dispositions, the pattern starts to matter a little more.
The other side of the story
This is happening while Samsara is still putting up solid numbers:
- March-quarter EPS came in at $0.18, ahead of the $0.13 consensus
- Revenue hit $444.3 million, up 28.3% year over year
- The company guided Q1 FY27 EPS to $0.120–$0.130 and FY27 EPS to $0.650–$0.690
So the business isn’t exactly sputtering. But markets have a funny relationship with insider sales: even when the fundamentals are fine, investors tend to squint a little harder when the people closest to the story are heading for the exit.
Big picture
Samsara’s growth story still has juice, but the insider selling keeps adding a small cloud over the sunshine. If you own the stock, this is less “panic” and more “pay attention.”