New York, Jan 8, 2026, 09:44 EST — Regular session
Shares of Snap Inc fell about 2% in early trading on Thursday, extending a choppy week for the Snapchat owner after a fresh insider-trading filing flagged a sale by Chief Executive Evan Spiegel.
The disclosure matters now because Snap’s stock has been moving on thin, sentiment-driven signals ahead of its next quarterly report, with investors still split on whether ad demand is firming or just bouncing. Insider sales do not always say much on their own, but they can weigh on short-term positioning when a stock is trying to build a base.
Snap shares jumped 6.6% on Tuesday and slid 1.9% on Wednesday, leaving the stock about 35% below its 52-week high, MarketWatch data showed. 1
A Form 4 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission showed Spiegel sold 1,220,165 Class A shares on Jan. 5 at a weighted average price of $8.25 and also made a charitable gift of 364,078 shares. The filing said the sales were made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan — a preset trading arrangement that lets insiders sell stock on a schedule set in advance. 2
A separate Form 144 notice put the proposed sale’s market value at about $10.0 million and listed Wells Fargo Clearing Services as the broker, with the sale tied to a trust in which Spiegel is a trustee. 3
On the advertising side, social media management firm Dash Social said on Wednesday it had struck a partnership with Snap that lets brands publish directly to Snapchat and pull Snapchat analytics into Dash’s platform. “Tools that help them move quickly and confidently are a huge unlock,” Fintan Gillespie, a director in Snap’s ad partnerships group, said in the release.
Snap last reported quarterly results in November, when it posted revenue of $1.507 billion for the quarter ended Sept. 30 and said daily active users rose 8% to 477 million, while the company recorded a net loss of $104 million. Spiegel said the company’s focus was helping advertisers “achieve stronger results,” and Snap also announced a $500 million share repurchase program. 4
But Snap has warned that its advertising business is seasonal and volatile and can be hit by macro swings, while privacy and operating-system changes can make it harder to target and measure ads — factors that can ripple through demand and pricing.
