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This article summarizes the most significant insider buys and sells reported for US stocks on Friday, August 15, 2025.
Top Buys:
SmartRent, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMRT) Chief Executive Officer Frank Martell made a substantial purchase of 120,000 shares of Class A Common Stock on August 15, 2025. The shares were acquired at a weighted average price of $1.3486, with individual prices ranging from $1.325 to $1.37, resulting in a total transaction value of $161,832. Following the purchase, Martell now directly owns 748,204 shares through the Frank D. and Donna M. Martell Family Trust. This insider buy comes as SmartRent maintains a strong balance sheet with more cash than debt and a healthy current ratio of 2.72x.
Light & Wonder Inc (NASDAQ:LNW) Director Timothy Throsby acquired a total of 19,999 shares in three separate transactions on August 14, 2025. The purchases, all designated as open market buys, totaled $1.78 million. Specifically, Throsby bought 10,000 shares at $88.61, 2,201 shares at $89.70, and 7,799 shares at $90.24. The prices for the purchases ranged from $88.61 to $90.24.
Lumen Technologies Inc. (NYSE:LUMN) Executive Vice President and CFO Christopher Stansbury reported the purchase of Lumen Technologies shares in multiple transactions on August 14 and 15, 2025. The total purchase amount was $357,753. The purchases were executed at a weighted average price of $4.2906 and $4.4387 per share. The prices actually paid for the stock ranged from $4.205 to $4.33 per share on August 14, and from $4.38 to $4.53 per share on August 15.
Asana, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASAN) Director Dustin A. Moskovitz acquired a significant amount of the company’s Class A Common Stock. According to a Form 4 filing, Moskovitz purchased a total of 449,861 shares in two separate transactions. These purchases, executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, amounted to approximately $6.1 million.
Bridgewater Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:BWB) Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Mary Jayne Crocker reported purchasing 100 depositary shares of the company’s stock on August 13, 2025. The shares were bought at a price of $19.9999, totaling $1,999. Following the transaction, Crocker’s shares owned amounted to 5,395, held indirectly By Spouse IRA.
Top Sells:
Deutsche Telekom AG (ETR:DTEGn), a ten percent owner of T-Mobile US Inc (NASDAQ:TMUS), reported selling shares of common stock in multiple transactions between August 13 and August 15, 2025. The total value of the sales amounted to $52.8 million. The sales involved a total of 213,330 shares of T-Mobile US common stock, with prices ranging from $250.3212 to $255.6709. These transactions were executed under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on March 13, 2025.
BX Buzz ML Holdco LPs, all of which are ten percent owners of Bumble Inc (NASDAQ:BMBL), sold a total of 16,563,084 shares of Class A Common Stock on August 13, 2025. The sales were executed at a price of $6.26 per share, for a total value of $104,478,673. The selling entities include BX Buzz ML-1 Holdco L.P., BX Buzz ML-2 Holdco L.P., BX Buzz ML-3 Holdco L.P., BX Buzz ML-4 Holdco L.P., BX Buzz ML-5 Holdco L.P., BX Buzz ML-6 Holdco L.P., and BX Buzz ML-7 Holdco L.P.
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) entities sold 9,211,995 shares of Bumble Inc. (NASDAQ:BMBL) Class A Common Stock at a price of $6.26, totaling approximately $104.4 million on August 13, 2025. The selling entities include various Blackstone-related companies, all of which are considered ten percent owners of Bumble Inc.
Blackstone Inc. and related entities sold 16,663,274 shares of Bumble Inc. BMBL at a price of $6.26 on August 13, 2025. The total value of the sale was $104.4 million. The sales were executed by several entities related to Blackstone, including BX Buzz ML-1 GP LLC, BX Buzz ML-2 GP LLC, BX Buzz ML-3 GP LLC, BX Buzz ML-4 GP LLC, BX Buzz ML-5 GP LLC, BX Buzz ML-6 GP LLC, and BX Buzz ML-7 GP LLC.
Wayfair Inc . (NASDAQ:NYSE:W) co-founder Steven Conine sold a total of 199,473 shares of Class A Common Stock on August 13, 2025, for approximately $15.6 million. The sales were executed in multiple transactions with prices ranging from $77.39 to $79.35. The transactions were executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on August 15, 2024.
Investors should stay tuned to insider buys and sells as they can provide valuable insights into a company’s prospects. While insider trading alone should not be the sole basis for investment decisions, it can be a useful indicator when combined with other fundamental and technical analysis. Insider buying may signal confidence in the company’s future, while selling could have various motivations, including portfolio diversification or personal financial needs.
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