MongoDB director Dwight Merriman sells $798k in stock

Published 06/02/2025, 01:16
MongoDB director Dwight Merriman sells $798k in stock

Dwight Merriman, a director at MongoDB Inc. (NASDAQ:MDB), recently sold 3,000 shares of the company’s Class A Common Stock. The shares were sold at a price of $266 each, amounting to a total transaction value of approximately $798,000. The stock currently trades at $282.03, with MongoDB commanding a market capitalization of $20.86 billion. According to InvestingPro analysis, the company appears slightly overvalued at current levels, despite maintaining strong cash reserves and analysts expecting profitability this year. This sale was conducted under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, which allows insiders to set up a predetermined plan to sell stock, typically to avoid any accusations of insider trading.

Following this transaction, Merriman holds 1,113,006 shares directly. Additionally, he has indirect ownership of shares through the Dwight A. Merriman Charitable Foundation and a trust for his children’s benefit, amounting to 85,652 and 520,896 shares, respectively. The foundation is a Delaware nonstock nonprofit corporation, where Merriman is considered to have voting and investment power but no pecuniary interest. For deeper insights into MongoDB’s valuation metrics and 8 additional key ProTips, access the comprehensive Pro Research Report available on InvestingPro.

In other recent news, MongoDB, Inc. has been the subject of notable analyst coverage and business developments. Swiss bank Lombard Odier has partnered with MongoDB to modernize its banking systems using generative AI, resulting in a significantly faster code migration process. This initiative has led to a quicker migration process and a twenty-fold increase in the speed of moving applications from legacy databases to MongoDB.

In analyst news, Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on MongoDB, assigning an Overweight rating to the company’s stock with a price target of $344.00. The firm highlighted improvements in normalized growth for credits and year-over-year dollar additions for Atlas (NYSE:ATCO). Guggenheim upgraded MongoDB shares from Neutral to Buy, setting a price target of $300, forecasting Atlas growth to accelerate to 29% in FY26. Tigress Financial Partners also raised its price target to $430.00 and maintained a Buy rating, citing the company’s strategic initiatives and scalable architecture.

In terms of financial transactions, MongoDB recently announced the redemption of all outstanding 0.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 and the issuance of shares to note holders who elected to convert their notes before the redemption date. These are all recent developments that highlight MongoDB’s ongoing efforts to stay relevant and competitive in its industry.

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