--- title: "Cathie Wood's Ark Invest Buys $22 Million In Tesla Stock As Elon Musk Exercises $110.55 Billion In Options, Dumps Roku Shares Amid Fox Buzz" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/290267560.md" description: "Ark Invest, led by Cathie Wood, executed significant trades on June 18, 2026. The firm purchased $22 million in Tesla shares and $52 million in Snowflake stock, which recently reported strong Q1 fiscal 2027 results exceeding expectations. Conversely, Ark dumped nearly $100 million in Roku shares, following earlier sales amid Fox's acquisition buzz. Additional minor trades included buying Eli Lilly and selling Strata Critical Medical and Twist Bioscience." datetime: "2026-06-19T02:48:28.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/290267560.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/290267560.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/290267560.md) --- # Cathie Wood's Ark Invest Buys $22 Million In Tesla Stock As Elon Musk Exercises $110.55 Billion In Options, Dumps Roku Shares Amid Fox Buzz **Ark Invest**, led by **Cathie Wood**, made significant trades on Thursday, focusing on **Tesla Inc.** (NASDAQ:TSLA), **Snowflake Inc.** (NYSE:SNOW), and **Roku Inc.** (NASDAQ:ROKU). ## The Tesla Trade Ark Invest made a notable purchase of Tesla shares. Through the **ARK Innovation ETF** (BATS:ARKK) and ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (BATS:ARKW), Ark acquired a total of 54,815 shares. With Tesla’s closing price at $400.49, this transaction is valued at approximately $22 million. This move comes amid news of Tesla’s CEO, **Elon Musk**, exercising stock options worth $110.55 billion, as reported in a recent SEC filing. The stock closed up by 1.04% on Thursday. ## The Snowflake Trade The **ARKK** and **ARKW** ETFs purchased a total of 223,690 Snowflake shares, valued at approximately $52 million, based on Snowflake’s closing price of $232.29. Snowflake reported first-quarter fiscal 2027 results that exceeded expectations, with revenue rising 33% year-over-year to $1.39 billion and adjusted earnings of 39 cents per share. Product revenue increased 34% to $1.33 billion, while remaining performance obligations grew 38% to $9.21 billion, reflecting continued demand for the company’s AI-focused data cloud platform. The company forecast second-quarter product revenue of $1.415 billion-$1.42 billion in late May, representing roughly 30% year-over-year growth. Snowflake also announced a new multi-year collaboration with **Amazon Web Services** that includes a $6 billion infrastructure commitment and agreed to acquire AI platform **Natoma** to strengthen enterprise AI integration and management capabilities. ## The Roku Trade Ark sold a total of 721,279 Roku shares through the **ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF** (BATS:ARKF),  **ARKK**, and **ARKW** ETFs. With Roku’s shares closing at $138.07, the sale is valued at approximately $99.6 million. This decision follows Fox’s recent acquisition of Roku, aiming to enhance its streaming capabilities. Roku’s stock saw a modest increase of 0.57% on the day of the trade. Earlier in the week, Wood sold $93.7 million worth of Roku stock as the Fox acquisition unraveled. On Wednesday, Ark dumped another 239,267 shares. ## **Other Key Trades** - **Eli Lilly and Co**. (LLY): Ark Invest bought 8,487 shares across **ARKG** and **ARKK** ETFs. - **Strata Critical Medical Inc**. (SRTA): A total of 574,259 shares were sold through **ARKQ** and **ARKX** ETFs. - **Twist Bioscience Corp**. (TWST): Ark Invest sold 78,082 shares via the **ARKG** ETF. **Benzinga Edge Stock Rankings** indicate Tesla stock has a Momentum score in the 36th percentile and a Value score in the 3rd percentile. **Read Also: QuantumScape, Butterfly Network, Bloom Energy, Accenture And Freecast: Why These 5 Stocks Are On Investors' Radars Today** **_Disclaimer:_** _This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors._ ### Related Stocks - [TSL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSL.US.md) - [ROKU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ROKU.US.md) - [TSLA.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLA.US.md) - [LLY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/LLY.US.md) - [TWST.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TWST.US.md) - [SRTA.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SRTA.US.md) - [SNOW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SNOW.US.md) - [TSLT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLT.US.md) - [ELIL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ELIL.US.md) - [SNOU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SNOU.US.md) - [SNOY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SNOY.US.md) - [07766.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/07766.HK.md) - [TSLQ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLQ.US.md) - [ELIS.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ELIS.US.md) - [TSLR.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLR.US.md) - [LLYZ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/LLYZ.US.md) - [TSLG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLG.US.md) - [TSLS.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLS.US.md) - [TESL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TESL.US.md) - [TSLZ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLZ.US.md) - [TSDD.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSDD.US.md) - [TSLL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLL.US.md) - [LLYX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/LLYX.US.md) - [TSLI.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLI.US.md) - [TSLO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLO.US.md) - [TSLW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLW.US.md) - [TSLY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLY.US.md) - [TSYY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSYY.US.md) - [TYYY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TYYY.US.md) - [CRSH.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/CRSH.US.md) - [TSLP.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLP.US.md) - [09366.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/09366.HK.md) - [MAGX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MAGX.US.md) - [07366.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/07366.HK.md) ## Related News & Research - [Tesla Is Finally Getting Ready to Demo a Flying Roadster. 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