Insider trade

Palantir director Alexander C. Karp sold ~$1.96M of shares under a pre-set plan

Traded Aug 20, 2026 · Filed Aug 25, 2026

~$1.96M
Reported value · 11K sh @ $172.6542: 6.82M
Holds after · shares reported: +9.2%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +0.2%, $173.96 → $190.04 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Alexander C. Karp sold about $1.96 million of Palantir shares on August 20, 2026. This sale was routine and followed a plan set up in advance, with 47 similar sales by insiders in the past year and six insiders selling within the last month.

Sold under a plan set up in advance, so the timing wasn't a fresh decision
Routine for them: 47 sales in the past year
6 insiders at Palantir sold within a month

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Aug 20, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 25, 2026

Director$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$1,964,459

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

17 days after results of Aug 3, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $173.96 on Aug 20, 2026, 62% above its 52-week low and 16% below its high, after a 35% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $107.27 (Jun 25, 2026) to $207.18 (Nov 3, 2025), 67% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $129.04 on Jul 9, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+4.2%	-0.5%	+4.7%
30 days	+11.5%	+0.2%	+11.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001823951-26-000009
Filed / recorded: Aug 25, 2026, 12:02 AM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 1, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Palantir Technologies Inc.
Issuer CIK: 1321655
Ticker: PLTR
Reporting person: Alexander C. Karp
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: See Remarks
Security: Class A Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 20, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 11,378
Price per share: $172.6542
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 6,823,228
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction is part of a related series of transactions. The Reporting Person acquired rights to 975,000 shares of Class B Common Stock upon incremental vesting of previously granted restricted stock units ("RSUs") on August 20, 2026, converted 402,348 shares of the Class B Common Stock to Class A Common Stock and immediately sold the resulting shares of Class A Common Stock on August 20, 2026. All sales were automatic sales of shares to cover required tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting event on August 20, 2026 and were conducted in compliance with the Reporting Person's Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
This transaction represents sales executed in multiple open market sales. The sales reflected in this line item were made at prices ranging from $172.19 to $173.13. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price of trades occurring within that price range. See footnotes (3) through (7) for sales executed in price ranges on the date indicated. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide upon request by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Issuer, or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate sale price.

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Dates, kept separate

Context

After it was reported

Source receipt

Footnotes from the filing

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