The cluster size is negligible relative to market cap — no actionable signal for short-term trading. Routine insider sales at Knowles are common (past reports neutral with +12.7% avg T+20 returns), so dismiss any bearish read-through. Monitor next 10-Q for revenue/earnings trends to gauge fundamental health.
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Executive Summary
Three Knowles Corp insiders (CEO, CFO, and a director) sold shares totaling ~$0.9M over a week window. While this marks the largest insider selling cluster in 30 days, the dollar value represents a negligible ~0.03% of Knowles’ $3.1B market cap, making it routine and non-material. The cluster is not amplified under our calibration rules (all pairs are amplifiers, none nullifiers, but the absolute size is too small to trigger a directional override). There is no evidence of 10b5-1 plan sales provided.
Key Financial Metrics
Key Facts
- Three insiders sold shares between Aug 13-17, 2026
- Director Cheryl Shavers sold 13,236 shares total (~$519,781)
- President & CEO Jeffrey Niew sold 50,000 shares total (~$1,929,704)
- SVP & CFO John Anderson sold 10,000 shares (~$388,400)
- Total open-market sales: ~$2.84M (0.09% of $3.1B market cap, below 0.1% materiality threshold)
- 30-day prior insider sales total $10.1M (prior cluster also well under 0.5% of market cap)
Financial Impact
Total insider sales of ~$2.8M represent <0.1% of market capitalization — routine portfolio diversification or liquidity sales
Risk Factors
- Insider sales timing may coincide with upcoming earnings (no earnings date provided in filing)
- CEO selling larger dollar amount ($1.9M) warrants watching if pattern accelerates above 0.5% of market cap
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Investment Themes
Documents Analyzed
This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.
| Document | Accession Number |
|---|---|
| CLUSTER Data (Synthetic) | cluster-KN-1787155565896 |
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| Type | Now | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 19, 2026 6w ago | Insider Cluster | $34.79 $35.43 | ▲ +1.84% | ▲ +3.79% | $39.90 (+14.69%) |
Aug 18, 2026 6w ago | Insider Cluster | $36.06 $35.09 | ▲ +2.69% | ▲ +0.94% | $39.90 (−10.65%) |
Aug 17, 2026 6w ago | 144 | $38.99 $34.78 | ▼ −10.80% | ▼ −8.82% | $39.90 (+2.33%) |
Aug 14, 2026 7w ago | Insider Cluster | $38.51 $34.61 | ▲ +10.13% | ▲ +8.14% | $39.90 (−3.61%) |
Aug 12, 2026 7w ago | Press Release | $39.02 $35.41 | ▼ −9.25% | ▼ −7.35% | $39.90 (+2.26%) |
May 5, 2026 21w ago | 144 | $33.96 $38.69 | ▲ +13.93% | ▲ +11.15% | $39.90 (+17.49%) |
May 5, 2026 21w ago | 144 | $33.96 $38.69 | ▲ +13.93% | ▲ +11.15% | $39.90 (+17.49%) |
May 1, 2026 21w ago | 144 | $31.93 $37.81 | ▲ +18.42% | ▲ +12.77% | $39.90 (+24.96%) |
Apr 30, 2026 22w ago | Insider Cluster | $31.19 $37.97 | ▲ +21.74% | ▲ +16.77% | $39.90 (+27.93%) |
Apr 23, 2026 23w ago | 8-K | $30.61 $35.23 | ▲ +15.09% | ▲ +11.07% | $39.90 (+30.35%) |
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