BigBear.ai (BBAI -15.03%) stock is falling in Tuesday’s trading. The company’s share price was down 8.7% as of 11:15 a.m. ET and had been off as much as 13.4% earlier in the daily session.
On the heels of an explosive run, BigBear.ai stock is losing ground today following recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showing that a company insider and large institutional investor both planned to sell shares. Even with today’s pullback, the software specialist’s share price is up 90% over the last month.
Large shareholders are selling BigBear.ai stock
In a filing submitted to the SEC yesterday, BigBear.ai reported that board member Mandy Long planned to sell a significant amount of company stock. Per the filing, Long intended to sell 200,000 shares — and yesterday was listed as her approximate date of sale.
BigBear.ai also submitted a filing showing that BBAI Ultimate Holdings intended to sell a large amount of company stock yesterday. BBAI Ultimate Holdings owns more than 10% of the company, and is required to disclose purchases and sales of stock because of the size of its stake. BBAI Ultimate Holdings is a division within AE Industrial Partners, which is by far BigBear.ai’s largest shareholder. Per the filing, BBAI Ultimate Holdings planned to sell more than 9 million shares of company stock yesterday.
What’s next for BigBear.ai stock?
BigBear.ai stock has enjoyed an explosive rally, as some investors have bet that the company could solidify itself as one of the next big winners in the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. Recent suggestions that the stock could be capable of delivering returns comparable to those of red-hot software leader Palantir Technologies helped kick-start a recent rally, and the bullish momentum was compounded as BigBear.ai began to attract more attention from meme stock investors.
However, BigBear could face some significant downside pressures in the near term. BBAI Ultimate Holdings and AE Industrial Partners have frequently sold shares amid the stock’s recent rally, and there’s significant risk that selling will continue in the near term. With the company’s largest shareholder unloading shares on the heels of a rally that appears to be unconnected from fundamental business news, BigBear.ai stock looks risky right now.
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