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Insider Cluster (3 insiders) ·Filed Aug 20, 2026

KNTK

Kinetik Holdings Inc.
BEARISH
Impact 5/10
Horizonweeks Processed2mo ago
Insider cluster: 3 insiders, $3.3M total
Actionable Insight ▼ Bearish

Three KNTK insiders sold a total of ~$3.34M in shares over a 7-day window, led by Director Laura Sugg ($3.20M) and 10% owner ISQ Global Fund II GP LLC (~$17.0M across multiple trades). The selling is concentrated and material relative to market cap, but the cluster is dominated by a 10% owner (ISQ) and a director, not C-suite executives, and the selling pattern is consistent with portfolio rebalancing or lockup expiration rather than a bearish signal.

DirectionBearish
Confidencemedium
Horizonweeks
Latest settled — T+20d
KNTK ▼ -1.83% at T+20d
SHORT call ✓ call won +1.83% · α vs SPY +1.56% · entry $54.50 → $53.50
Next anchor: T+60d in 18d
Latest observation: T+44 +5.40% FF3 residual α
Entry = T+0 close
Aug 20, 2026
via day close
T+1d
+0.37%
call -0.37% · α -0.66%
$54.70
settled 2mo ago
T+5d
-1.27%
call +1.27% · α +1.74%
$53.81
settled 2mo ago
T+20d
-1.83%
call +1.83% · α +1.56%
$53.50
settled 5w ago
T+60d
Pending
in 18d

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Executive Summary

Three KNTK insiders sold a total of ~$3.34M in shares over a 7-day window, led by Director Laura Sugg ($3.20M) and 10% owner ISQ Global Fund II GP LLC (~$17.0M across multiple trades). The selling is concentrated and material relative to market cap, but the cluster is dominated by a 10% owner (ISQ) and a director, not C-suite executives, and the selling pattern is consistent with portfolio rebalancing or lockup expiration rather than a bearish signal.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
selling
Total Value
$20.2M
Insiders
3

Key Facts

  • Three insiders sold ~$20.2M total over 7 days (ISQ Global Fund II GP LLC ~$17.0M, Director Laura Sugg $3.20M, Director Deborah Byers $141K)
  • ISQ Global Fund II GP LLC, a 10% owner, executed 7 open-market sales totaling ~$17.0M across Aug 14-20, representing ~0.19% of KNTK's $8.9B market cap
  • Director Laura Sugg sold 61,180 shares at $52.25 on Aug 14 for $3.20M
  • Director Deborah Byers sold 2,700 shares at $51.51 on Aug 12 for $141K
  • No C-suite officers (CEO, CFO, COO) participated in the selling cluster
  • KNTK has 80% analyst bullish consensus (20 Buy/Strong Buy, 5 Hold) and $8.9B market cap

Financial Impact

Total insider selling of ~$20.2M represents ~0.23% of KNTK's $8.9B market cap, below the 0.5% materiality threshold but notable for a concentrated 7-day window

insider selling volumeownership concentration

Risk Factors

  • 10% owner selling may reflect fund-level liquidity needs or rebalancing, not company-specific bearish view
  • No C-suite participation limits the informational content of this cluster per academic literature
  • Selling at ~$52-55 range is near recent highs, potentially opportunistic profit-taking rather than negative signal

Market Snapshot

Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Natural Gas Transmission
Analyst Consensus
80% bullish (25 analysts)

Investment Themes

Traditional Energy

Documents Analyzed

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

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-KNTK-1787266878438
20 reports for KNTK
Performance horizon
67% Hit rate @ T+20 2 of 3 directional calls Went positive at some point 5 of 8 best @ T+20▲ +9.08%Apr 29, 2026
Filters
Rows
Reports for KNTK — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Oct 15, 2026
10d ago
SC 13D/A
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$55.30awaiting T+20—$56.18 (−1.59%)
Oct 9, 2026
16d ago
144
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$53.72awaiting T+20—$56.18 (−4.58%)
Oct 8, 2026
17d ago
144
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$53.46awaiting T+20—$56.18 (−5.09%)
Oct 7, 2026
18d ago
144
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$53.60awaiting T+20—$56.18 (−4.81%)
Oct 6, 2026
19d ago
144
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$52.92awaiting T+20—$56.18 (−6.15%)
Sep 21, 2026
4w ago
SC 13D/A
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$51.61 $53.71▼ −4.07%▼ −4.63%$56.18 (−8.85%)
Sep 10, 2026
6w ago
Institutional Cluster
MIXED ★ 5/10
$54.20 $54.41▲ +0.39%▼ −1.74%$56.18 (+3.65%)
Aug 25, 2026
8w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$55.10 $52.54▼ −4.65%▼ −4.87%$56.18 (+1.96%)
Aug 20, 2026
9w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$54.50 $53.50▲ +1.83%▲ +1.56%$56.18 (−3.08%)
Aug 17, 2026
9w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$54.54 $53.84▼ −1.28%▲ +0.46%$56.18 (+3.01%)
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Report published Aug 20, 2026