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Insider Cluster (5 insiders) ·Filed Aug 19, 2026

CVLT

COMMVAULT SYSTEMS INC
NEUTRAL
Impact 3/10
Horizondays Processed2mo ago
Insider cluster: 4 insiders, $2.0M total
Actionable Insight • Neutral

The insider sales are too small relative to market cap to signal anything about fundamentals. Monitor the next 10-Q for any guidance changes, but this cluster alone does not warrant a trading action. The CEO's sales pattern (three consecutive days) suggests a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan rather than opportunistic selling.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencehigh
Horizondays
Latest settled — T+20d
CVLT ▲ +9.81% at T+20d
NEUTRAL call +9.81% · α vs SPY +9.68% · entry $131.63 → $144.54
Next anchor: T+60d in 17d
Latest observation: T+45 +12.09% FF3 residual α
Entry = T+0 close
Aug 19, 2026
via day close
T+1d
+1.66%
call +1.66% · α +1.25%
$133.81
settled 2mo ago
T+5d
+6.63%
call +6.63% · α +5.52%
$140.36
settled 2mo ago
T+20d
+9.81%
call +9.81% · α +9.68%
$144.54
settled 6w ago
T+60d
Pending
in 17d

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Executive Summary

CommVault CEO Sanjay Mirchandani sold ~$2.5M worth of stock over a 3-day window, joined by the CFO and Chief Accounting Officer, in a cluster totaling ~$4.1M in open-market sales. The CEO's sales alone represent ~0.04% of the $5.9B market cap, which is below the 0.1% threshold for materiality, and the CFO/CAO sales are even smaller. While the cluster includes multiple C-suite executives, the dollar amounts are trivial relative to company size, and the sales appear liquidity-driven (likely tied to a 10b5-1 plan or post-blackout window opening), not a bearish signal.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
selling
Total Value
$4.1M
Insiders
5

Key Facts

  • CEO Sanjay Mirchandani sold 24,134 shares total (~$3.47M) on Aug 17-19, 2026
  • CFO Gary Merrill sold 3,147 shares (~$451K) on Aug 18-19, 2026
  • CAO Danielle Abrahamsen sold 996 shares (~$143K) on Aug 17-19, 2026
  • Total open-market sales in cluster: ~$4.1M, representing ~0.07% of $5.9B market cap
  • Two directors (Lee Vivie, A. Shane Sanders) sold ~$144K combined on Aug 10, 2026
  • No open-market purchases in the cluster — all trades are sales
  • All sales are well below the 0.1% of market cap materiality threshold

Financial Impact

Total insider sales of ~$4.1M represent ~0.07% of $5.9B market cap — trivial and routine

insider holdings

Risk Factors

  • Insider sales could accelerate if the stock continues to rally, but current volume is immaterial
  • No purchases to offset the selling — a one-sided cluster, though dollar amounts are trivial

Market Snapshot

Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Services-Prepackaged Software
Analyst Consensus
62% bullish (26 analysts)

Investment Themes

Software & IT

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-CVLT-1787196646668
12 reports for CVLT
Performance horizon

Track record builds as more directional reports settle.

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Reports for CVLT — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Oct 6, 2026
20d ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 1/10
$154.98awaiting T+60—$167.73 (+8.23%)
Sep 24, 2026
4w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$150.00awaiting T+60—$167.73 (+11.82%)
Aug 19, 2026
9w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$131.63awaiting T+60—$167.73 (+27.43%)
Aug 12, 2026
10w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$151.10awaiting T+60—$167.73 (+11.01%)
Aug 10, 2026
11w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$139.43awaiting T+60—$167.73 (+20.30%)
Jul 28, 2026
12w ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 7/10
$120.02 $163.55▲ +36.26%▲ +31.91%$167.73 (+39.75%)
May 21, 2026
22w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$107.25 $142.81▲ +33.16%▲ +29.97%$167.73 (+56.39%)
May 21, 2026
22w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 4/10
$107.25 $142.81▲ +33.16%▲ +29.97%$167.73 (+56.39%)
May 21, 2026
22w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$107.25 $142.81▲ +33.16%▲ +29.97%$167.73 (+56.39%)
May 19, 2026
22w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$104.54 $147.09▲ +40.70%▲ +35.69%$167.73 (+60.45%)
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US Market Status

Market Closed — Opens Tue (< 1m)

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Report published Aug 19, 2026