$SNOW

Dageville Benoit sold $13.8M of SNOW (indirect holdings)

Dageville Benoit sold 50,000 indirectly-held shares of Snowflake Inc. (SNOW) at $276.53 ($13.83M total) on 2026-07-15 under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Original reporting
SEC EDGAR · Dageville Benoit
Published Jul 17, 2026, 12:17 AM UTC
Analysis
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Primary signal
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Relevance
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Decision brief

The 30-second read

$SNOWNeutralLow
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Why it matters

Traders may monitor for follow-on insider activity or correlate with broader SNOW catalysts, but this specific disclosure alone does not provide new operational or guidance information.

02

Market read

A $13.83M insider sale is newly disclosed, but the 10b5-1 pre-arrangement makes it more sentiment-relevant than fundamentals-relevant.

03

What to watch

Indirect holdings and post-transaction share count (2,884,887) may matter for interpreting whether the director remains meaningfully exposed, but the article provides no additional context on prior sales cadence.

Relevance 6/10Novelty 5/10Timing: Form 4 filed 2026-07-16 for a 2026-07-15 sale.

Background

The article is an SEC Form 4 insider transaction disclosure for Snowflake director Dageville Benoit, including trade date, price, share count, and 10b5-1 status.

Company-level read

Ticker impact

$SNOWNeutralMedium confidence
Context

Snowflake director Dageville Benoit sold 50,000 shares in an open-market transaction at $276.53 on a 10b5-1 plan, totaling $13.83M.

Expected impact

Likely limited, short-lived sentiment impact; any move would be small unless accompanied by other news.

Evidence & confidence

The filing is a primary Form 4 disclosure and the transaction size is material, but the presence of a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan reduces interpretive signal about new information.

Market effects

Minimal; insider-sale filings rarely change the broader enterprise software or data-warehouse sentiment without accompanying operational/regulatory news.

None indicated.

None indicated.

Counterpoint

Because the sale is explicitly under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan, it may reflect routine liquidity rather than bearish expectations.

Key entities

  • Snowflake Inc.

    Subject of the Form 4 insider transaction disclosure (SNOW).

  • Dageville Benoit

    Director who executed an open-market sale of 50,000 shares under a 10b5-1 plan.

Full insider trading history

This story covers one filing. See everything behind it: every insider buy and sell on record, 10b5-1 plans, late filings, and which officers and directors are trading.

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