Adé Hennis, The Motley Fool
Mon, February 16, 2026 astatine 4:20 AM CST 3 min read
Robert C. Murphy, Chief Technology Officer of Snap (NYSE:SNAP), reported the nonstop merchantability of 2 cardinal shares for a full worth of astir $10.63 cardinal crossed aggregate open-market transactions, arsenic disclosed successful a SEC Form 4 filing.
| Shares sold (direct) | 2,000,000 |
| Shares talented (direct) | 601,453 |
| Shares traded (direct) | 2,601,453 |
| Transaction value | ~$10.6 million |
| Post-transaction shares (direct) | 49,012,324 |
| Post-transaction shares (indirect) | 10,307,526 |
| Post-transaction worth (direct ownership) | ~$256.3 million |
Transaction worth based connected SEC Form 4 weighted mean acquisition terms ($5.31); post-transaction worth based connected full nonstop and indirect holdings aft the transaction.
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How does the size of this merchantability comparison to Murphy's emblematic trading activity?
The 2,000,000 shares sold are treble the humanities median of 1,000,000 shares per transaction. -
What is the interaction connected Murphy's ongoing ownership successful Snap?
Following the transaction, Murphy maintains 49,012,324 shares successful nonstop ownership and 10,307,526 shares indirectly done a trust, with remaining nonstop holdings valued astatine astir $256.3 cardinal arsenic of Feb. 10, 2026.
| Revenue (TTM) | $5.93 billion |
| Net nonaccomplishment (TTM) | -$460.49 million |
| Employees | 5,061 |
| 1-year terms alteration (as of Feb. 14, 2026) | -54.99% |
Snap is simply a planetary societal media and integer advertizing company, with implicit 5,000 employees and a multi-billion-dollar gross base. The institution is progressive successful assorted tech operations, including camera-based connection and augmented world experiences, catering to younger demographics.
Along with the 2 cardinal shares Murphy sold passim those transactions, helium besides disposed of different 601,453 shares wrong that timeframe arsenic charitable gifts. But careless of the disposal, it was each isolated of a Rule 10b5-1 trading program that allows insiders to coordinate the merchantability oregon acquisition of shares successful advance.
The societal media institution is inactive making the uphill ascent from a persistent nett nonaccomplishment passim its existence, and successful its Q4 FY2025 net study connected Feb. 4, 2026, the company’s reduced its nett nonaccomplishment year-over-year to $532 cardinal compared to the $787 cardinal past year. Its yearly nett nonaccomplishment fell from $698 cardinal past twelvemonth to $460 cardinal successful FY2025.
Snap expects gross for Q1 2026 to beryllium betwixt $1.50 to $1.53 billion, beneath the $1.55 cardinal forecast from analysts. The institution cites rising contention wrong the integer ads abstraction from companies specified arsenic Meta (NASDAQ:META) and TikTok.

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