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Herald Y Chen sold $108M of APP

President & CFO at AppLovin Corp. 250,200 shares at an average of $433.31, traded Aug 14, 2025, filed Aug 18, 2025.

Warning score
60
Value
$108M
250,200 shares
Holdings after
189,800
-66% from before
From 52-week low
+344%
low $97.57, close $433.34
From 52-week high
-15%
high $510.13, as of Aug 14, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $108.4M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 66% of holdings
    +20
  • Cluster
    6 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

APPOct 9, 2026 · close 277.04
Since filing Aug 18, 2025: -36.8%SPY +22.7% · excess -59.5%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001562180-25-005859, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 14, 2025MOption exercise
Class A Common Stock
+200,000$5.05$1.0M381,929Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-13,755$427.05$5.9M368,174Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-21,419$427.78$9.2M346,755Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-14,158$428.86$6.1M332,597Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-26,005$429.88$11M306,592Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-26,792$430.86$12M279,800Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-19,783$431.78$8.5M260,017Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-10,694$432.76$4.6M249,323Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-16,739$434.02$7.3M232,584Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-6,775$434.80$2.9M225,809Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-3,289$435.89$1.4M222,520Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-4,951$436.94$2.2M217,569Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-5,823$438.01$2.6M211,746Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-8,014$438.98$3.5M203,732Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-6,417$439.91$2.8M197,315Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-5,035$440.87$2.2M192,280Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-7,864$441.94$3.5M184,416Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-1,171$442.95$519k183,245Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-1,316$443.71$584k181,929Aug 18, 2025
Aug 15, 2025MOption exercise
Class A Common Stock
+50,000$5.05$253k231,929Aug 18, 2025
Aug 15, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-2,831$434.20$1.2M229,098Aug 18, 2025
Aug 15, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-9,323$435.01$4.1M219,775Aug 18, 2025
Aug 15, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-12,144$436.07$5.3M207,631Aug 18, 2025
Aug 15, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-11,038$436.91$4.8M196,593Aug 18, 2025
Aug 15, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-9,180$438.06$4.0M187,413Aug 18, 2025
Aug 15, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-5,142$438.60$2.3M182,271Aug 18, 2025
Aug 15, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-142$439.71$62k182,129Aug 18, 2025
Aug 15, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-200$440.77$88k181,929Aug 18, 2025
Aug 15, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stockindirect: See footnote
-100$423.68$42k189,900Aug 18, 2025
Aug 15, 2025SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stockindirect: See footnote
-100$424.69$42k189,800Aug 18, 2025
Aug 14, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative
-200,000$0.00$0380,201Aug 18, 2025
Aug 15, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative
-50,000$0.00$0330,201Aug 18, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at AppLovin Corp and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
46Moderate
APPsell 4
AppLovin Corp
Dawson Alyssa Harvey
director
$171k
350 shares
-10%
40Moderate
APPsell 510b5-1
AppLovin Corp
Victoria Valenzuela
CALO & Corp. Secretary
$18M
35,000 shares
-11%
35Weak
APPsell 710b5-1
AppLovin Corp
Victoria Valenzuela
CALO & Corp. Secretary
$6.8M
15,000 shares
-5%
85Strong
APPsell 6
AppLovin Corp
Arash Adam Foroughi
CEO & Chairperson
$5.0M
12,529 shares
-120%
85Strong
APPsell 6
AppLovin Corp
Arash Adam Foroughi
CEO & Chairperson
$6.3M
15,660 shares
-188%
85Strong
APPsell 6
AppLovin Corp
Arash Adam Foroughi
CEO & Chairperson
$6.1M
15,042 shares
-486%
85Strong
APPsell 6
AppLovin Corp
Arash Adam Foroughi
CEO & Chairperson
$3.9M
9,706 shares
-109%
70Notable
APPsell 6
AppLovin Corp
Arash Adam Foroughi
CEO & Chairperson
$38M
90,927 shares
-12%
85Strong
APPsell 6
AppLovin Corp
Arash Adam Foroughi
CEO & Chairperson
$3.1M
7,401 shares
-1827%
65Notable
APPsell 7
AppLovin Corp
Arash Adam Foroughi
CEO & Chairperson
$12M
26,200 shares
-1%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Herald Y Chen sold $108M of APP | InsiderTell