NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 19:28 ET — After-hours
- Rivian shares closed down about 5.2% at $19.60 and were little changed after the bell.
- An SEC filing showed CEO R.J. Scaringe sold 17,450 shares on Dec. 23 under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
- Investors also parsed Federal Reserve minutes that highlighted sharp divisions over the December rate cut.
Rivian Automotive, Inc. shares fell on Tuesday after a regulatory filing disclosed Chief Executive R.J. Scaringe sold stock under a pre-arranged trading plan. The shares closed down about 5.2% at $19.60 and were little changed in after-hours trading.
The timing matters. With U.S. markets in holiday-thin mode and just one session left in 2025, modest headlines can move high-beta stocks more sharply than usual.
Rivian also traded against a macro backdrop that has kept pressure on rate-sensitive growth names. Federal Reserve minutes released Tuesday underscored divisions around the December decision to cut rates, complicating expectations for how quickly borrowing costs might fall in 2026.
In a Form 4 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Scaringe reported selling 17,450 shares on Dec. 23 at a weighted-average price of $21.4253. The filing said the shares were sold at prices ranging from $21.21 to $21.69.
Scaringe reported owning 1,150,109 Rivian shares directly after the transaction, plus additional holdings through a trust and an LLC, the filing showed.
The filing said the sale was executed under a Rule 10b5-1 plan — a preset arrangement that lets insiders buy or sell shares on a schedule, designed to reduce the appearance of trading on nonpublic information.
Rivian opened at $20.68 and fell as low as $19.28 during the regular session, with about 38 million shares changing hands, according to price data. The stock finished Monday at $20.67.
Electric-vehicle peers were also lower, though less sharply. Tesla was down about 1.2%, while Lucid slid roughly 1.8%; Ford dipped about 0.3%.
Wall Street’s main indexes ended slightly lower in choppy trade, Reuters reported. “It’s just a healthy rebalancing of allocations more so than an emotionally driven sell-off,” said Mark Hackett, chief market strategist at Nationwide. Reuters
Fed minutes from the Dec. 9–10 meeting showed officials were split over the quarter-point cut that brought the benchmark rate to a 3.5%–3.75% range, Reuters reported. New projections signaled only one cut expected in 2026, and the Fed next meets Jan. 27–28.
For Rivian, the next demand read is its quarterly production and deliveries update; last year the company released its fourth-quarter production and delivery figures in early January. Investors also watch the sector for signals on pricing and incentives as tighter financing conditions and rate expectations ripple through EV demand.
Attention then shifts to earnings. Earnings calendars currently estimate Rivian’s next report around Feb. 19, though the company has not confirmed a date; traders typically focus on gross margin progress, cash burn and any update on spending needed to scale future vehicle programs.
