New York, February 12, 2026, 07:31 EST — Premarket
- BigBear.ai shares ticked up roughly 0.7% in premarket trading, rebounding after dropping for two straight sessions.
- A Feb. 18 shareholder vote to double the company’s authorized common shares is drawing investor attention.
- Risk appetite could shift depending on U.S. jobless claims set for Thursday and Friday’s CPI release.
Shares of BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) edged up 0.7% to $4.46 ahead of the opening bell Thursday, finding some footing after tumbling for two days straight. The stock closed Wednesday at $4.43, off 2.9%. That followed a 6.4% slide the previous session, both days logging volumes north of 50 million shares. 1
Timing is key here: BigBear.ai faces a shareholder vote soon that could give it more leeway to issue stock. That might open doors for raising cash or striking deals, but it also brings dilution risks if the company goes all-in. As of Feb. 10, its market cap stood at roughly $2.0 billion, according to Public.com. 2
Not much in the way of new corporate announcements to explain the move. BigBear.ai’s investor relations page shows the last press release went out Jan. 28, with the next event on the books for Feb. 18. 3
BigBear.ai, in its January proxy filing, notified investors that the special meeting—originally convened in December—has been pushed back again, now set to resume on Feb. 18. On the agenda: a proposal that would double the company’s authorized common stock, bumping it to 1 billion shares from the current 500 million. Shareholders can keep casting votes online until 11:59 p.m. ET on Feb. 17. The board is urging a “yes” vote. 4
Chief Financial Officer Sean Ricker, answering shareholder questions in a company FAQ, said there are “very few shares remain” available under the current authorization. He emphasized that even if the proposal gets approved, it won’t mean “immediate dilution,” since the company isn’t required to issue new stock right away. Ricker also pointed out that proxy advisers ISS and Glass Lewis both recommended voting “for.” 5
Authorized shares set the maximum number a company can issue, but simply lifting that limit doesn’t automatically add more shares—it just clears a path for future offerings. BigBear.ai bills itself as a provider of AI-driven decision intelligence, serving defense and commercial clients. 6
Palantir Technologies, C3.ai, and SoundHound AI all pointed to a weaker open in early moves. The Nasdaq 100 ETF, on the other hand, edged up.
Big-picture news keeps sending some of the more volatile small-caps on wild swings. Traders had their eyes fixed on weekly jobless claims at 8:30 a.m. ET and existing home sales numbers coming out at 10:00 a.m. ET; January’s U.S. CPI lands Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. ET. 7
The vote is a double-edged sword for BigBear.ai. A green light from shareholders would hand management extra flexibility to raise capital or pursue stock-based deals. Move too quickly, though, and current investors risk dilution—plus, with the stock already volatile, prices could shift in a hurry.
Shareholders are now looking at Feb. 17 for the voting deadline, followed a day later by the reconvened meeting on Feb. 18—events BigBear.ai has called out as pivotal in the immediate future. 8
