After more than a month-long pause, Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) stock recorded a new insider trade valued in the tens of millions of dollars on July 2, 2026.
According to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing made on July 7 – five days after the sale – Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, Shyam Sankar, dumped 185,000 PLTR shares at an average price of $130.
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Overall, the senior insider made just over $24 million, ensuring his latest trade was his biggest in 2026, albeit with a relatively small margin – in February, he raised just under $22.5 million and in May, slightly more than $22.5 million.
June marked a slowdown in selling after mass PLTR insider trading in May
Meanwhile, Sankar’s July sale represents a significant acceleration relative to June. Indeed, during the previous month, only two insider trades were recorded, with one – by Alexander Moore – amounting to $2.1 million, and the other – by Jeffrey Buckley – amounting to just $190,753.
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May, on the other hand, witnessed multiple massive Palantir stock insider sales with CEO Alex Karp raising $54 million, co-founder Stephen Andrew Cohen making $43.5 million, and Sankar himself dumping $22.5 million worth of PLTR.
Palantir stock price performance
Elsewhere, Palantir has continued its stock market recovery from the downtrend that has held it in its grips between June 1 and June 25 and has, at $134.37 at the July 7 closing bell, rallied 25.26% in the previous two weeks.
Nonetheless, PLTR shares remain significantly in the red year-to-date (YTD) as they have lost 19.95% of their value since January 2 – the first regular trading session of the year.
Performance in the Wednesday pre-market also calls into question the sustainability of the rally, considering the technology equity has retraced 2.69% to $130.75 from its latest close at $134.37.
Still, Palantir stock could soon see additional external tailwinds, considering a series of Iranian attacks against vessels not receiving approval from its strait authority, and the American retaliatory bombing led President Donald Trump to remark that the ceasefire was over.
Some uncertainty remains given the multi-day funeral of the Islamic Republic’s former Supreme Leader has left much of the senior leadership outside the country, and given that the U.S. commander-in-chief also declared that the negotiations can continue.
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