Insider Cluster ·Filed Aug 18, 2026

PUBM

PubMatic, Inc.
NEUTRAL
Impact 5/10
Horizondays Processed1mo ago
Insider cluster: 3 insiders, $1.2M total
Actionable Insight • Neutral

Three PubMatic insiders — the CFO, General Counsel, and President of Engineering — sold a combined $1.17M in open-market shares over a week, with the GC alone accounting for $688K. The CFO's two sales ($724K total) and the GC's single large sale are material relative to the $787M market cap (~0.15%), but the cluster is dominated by non-cash derivative exercises by the CAO and President of Engineering that resulted in net-zero cash proceeds. The selling is concentrated in senior executives but lacks the concentrated urgency of a single-day C-suite dump, and the dollar value is modest at ~0.15% of market cap, suggesting routine diversification rather than a coordinated bearish signal. Historical calibration on PUBM shows a 63% win rate at T+20, but the cluster is mixed with non-cash exercises, so the signal is weak. The cross-filing actuarial verdicts show amplifiers for cluster-insider-trades + cluster-press-context, but no press context is present here, so no override applies. Overall, this is a modest sell cluster that warrants monitoring but not alarm.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencemedium
Horizondays
Latest settled — T+20d
PUBM ▲ +3.28% at T+20d
NEUTRAL call ✓ call won +3.28% · α vs SPY +5.23% · entry $16.78 → $17.33
Next anchor: T+60d in 6w
Latest observation: T+28 -11.11% FF3 residual α
Entry anchored
Aug 18, 04:43 PM ET
via 1-min bar
T+1d
-2.38%
call -2.38% · α -1.54%
$16.38
settled 6w ago
T+5d
-3.16%
call -3.16% · α -2.77%
$16.25
settled 6w ago
T+20d
+3.28%
call +3.28% · α +5.23%
$17.33
settled 17d ago
T+60d
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call — · α —
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in 6w

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Executive Summary

Three PubMatic insiders — the CFO, General Counsel, and President of Engineering — sold a combined $1.17M in open-market shares over a week, with the GC alone accounting for $688K. The CFO's two sales ($724K total) and the GC's single large sale are material relative to the $787M market cap (~0.15%), but the cluster is dominated by non-cash derivative exercises by the CAO and President of Engineering that resulted in net-zero cash proceeds. The selling is concentrated in senior executives but lacks the concentrated urgency of a single-day C-suite dump, and the dollar value is modest at ~0.15% of market cap, suggesting routine diversification rather than a coordinated bearish signal. Historical calibration on PUBM shows a 63% win rate at T+20, but the cluster is mixed with non-cash exercises, so the signal is weak. The cross-filing actuarial verdicts show amplifiers for cluster-insider-trades + cluster-press-context, but no press context is present here, so no override applies. Overall, this is a modest sell cluster that warrants monitoring but not alarm.

Financial Impact

Not specified

Market Snapshot

Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.
Analyst Consensus
68% bullish (19 analysts)

Investment Themes

Software & IT

Documents Analyzed

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

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-PUBM-1787094089416
15 reports for PUBM
Performance horizon
57% Hit rate 4 of 7 directional calls best @ T+60▲ +42.90%Apr 22, 2026
Filters
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Reports for PUBM — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Sep 24, 2026
8d ago
ANALYST-UPGRADE
BULLISH ★ 4/10
$18.55 $18.73▲ +0.97%▲ +1.56%$19.18 (+3.40%)
Sep 4, 2026
28d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$16.29 $16.78▲ +3.01%▲ +4.13%$19.18 (+17.74%)
Aug 21, 2026
6w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$16.36 $16.63▼ −1.65%▼ −1.18%$19.18 (−17.24%)
Aug 18, 2026
6w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 5/10
$16.78 $16.25▼ −3.16%▼ −2.77%$19.18 (+14.30%)
Aug 14, 2026
7w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$17.59 $16.41▲ +6.71%▲ +5.34%$19.18 (−9.04%)
Aug 10, 2026
7w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 4/10
$17.65 $17.36▼ −1.64%▼ −1.24%$19.18 (+8.67%)
Jul 27, 2026
9w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$13.03 $12.96▲ +0.54%▲ +2.81%$19.18 (−47.20%)
Jul 17, 2026
11w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$12.73 $12.30▼ −3.38%▼ −2.69%$19.18 (+50.67%)
Jul 6, 2026
12w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$13.32 $13.69▲ +2.78%▲ +2.23%$19.18 (+43.99%)
Jun 11, 2026
16w ago
Institutional Cluster
MIXED ★ 4/10
$11.27 $11.30▲ +0.27%▼ −0.17%$19.18 (+70.19%)
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Report published Aug 18, 2026