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T-Mobile US, Inc. [TMUS]

Reporting date: 10/08/2025

⚠️ Bearish Insider Sale Detected

📝 What Happened

  • Insider: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG (and affiliated reporting entities)
  • Role: Director; Ten Percent Owner
  • Company: T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS)
  • Transaction Date(s): 2025-10-08, 2025-10-09
  • Table I (Non-Derivative Securities)
    • Sale : 128,852 shares
    • Average Sale Price: $226.60
    • Total Value: 128,852 * $226.60 ≈ $29,197,931
    • Post-Transaction Direct Holdings: 627,975,325 shares
    • Indirect Holdings: None reported
    • 10b5-1 Plan Used? Yes (10b5-1 trading plan referenced)

📄 Summary

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG (and affiliated reporting entities), Director and 10% owner at T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS), sold 128,852 shares on October 8–9, 2025, at an average price of $226.60, realizing proceeds of about ~$29,197,931. After the transaction, they now hold 627,975,325 direct shares and report no indirect holdings. For retail traders, this is a neutral-to-slightly bearish event: pre-planned 10b5-1 sales; negligible vs. total stake.

🔑 Interpretation

🔑 Interpretation

  • Type: Pre-planned 10b5-1 sales (not discretionary intra-day trades)
  • Disposition: Shares were sold pursuant to the 10b5-1 plan (executed as scheduled, i.e., sold rather than retained)
  • Size Context: The sale (~128.9k shares, ~0.02% of the ~628M post-transaction stake) is immaterial relative to the holder's total position and appears routine profit-taking rather than a large divestment.
  • ATH Metric: Using the trade price (~$226.60) as a recent reference point, the transactions occurred near the stock's recent higher price range (i.e., nearer multi‑year highs than lows), consistent with opportunistic selling under a plan rather than panic near lows.
  • Outlier Check: Not unusually large for a major institutional/strategic holder executing a 10b5-1 plan; proportionally small versus historical ownership.

📊 Bullish or Bearish?

Decide: Neutral → Slightly Bearish

Neutral → Slightly Bearish. The filing shows net sales (all codes "S") executed under a 10b5-1 plan, indicating pre-planned disposals rather than an ad hoc negative signal; size is tiny versus total holdings and data are complete for these transactions. Cluster activity cannot be determined from this filing alone.

✅ Bottom Line (Retail Takeaway)

This transaction looks like routine profit-taking under a 10b5-1 plan rather than a clear bearish signal. For retail traders, it’s noise — not a standalone trade trigger unless multiple senior insiders or company officers show coordinated selling.