--- title: "Tower’s Top Boss Just Made a Massive Move With His Own Shares" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/295733648.md" description: "Tower Semiconductor CEO Russell Craig Ellwanger sold 181,535 shares worth $45.6 million on August 12, 2026. This significant insider sale coincides with positive analyst sentiment from BofA and TipRanks' AI Analyst 'Spark', which rates TSEM as Neutral due to strong financial health and AI-driven growth prospects, despite bearish technical signals." datetime: "2026-08-13T02:16:53.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/295733648.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295733648.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/295733648.md) --- # Tower’s Top Boss Just Made a Massive Move With His Own Shares New insider activity at Tower ( (TSEM) ) has taken place on August 12, 2026. Tower’s CEO, Ellwanger Russell Craig, has executed a major stock sale, unloading 181,535 shares of Tower stock in a single transaction. The deal, valued at $45,559,756, represents a significant cash realization by the company’s top executive and may draw close attention from investors tracking insider activity and leadership’s confidence in the firm’s future trajectory. Tower Semiconductor shares were active after BofA launched coverage, citing Tower’s leading position in silicon photonics foundry services for AI data‑center transceivers and expectations of strong multi‑year SiPho revenue growth. Sentiment was further supported by record Q2 results, upgraded long‑term targets, and a new OpenLight PDK integration that should accelerate photonic IC adoption, despite technically overbought signals tempering near‑term enthusiasm. **Spark’s Take on TSEM Stock** According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, TSEM is a Neutral. The score is supported by strong financial health (very low leverage and solid profitability) and a highly constructive earnings call with upgraded long-term targets and strong near-term guidance. These positives are tempered by clearly bearish technical signals (price below major DMAs and negative MACD) and a very high P/E with no dividend yield support. To see Spark’s full report on TSEM stock, click here. **More about Tower** **YTD Price Performance:** 112.55% **Average Trading Volume:** 2,116,523 **Technical Sentiment Signal:** Strong Buy **Current Market Cap:** $28.49B ### Related Stocks - [TSEM.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSEM.US.md) - [BAC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BAC.US.md) - [BAC-Q.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BAC-Q.US.md) - [BML-L.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BML-L.US.md) - [BAC-L.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BAC-L.US.md) - [BAC-K.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BAC-K.US.md) - [BML-H.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BML-H.US.md) - [BAC-N.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BAC-N.US.md) - [BAC-E.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BAC-E.US.md) - [MER-K.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MER-K.US.md) - [BAC-O.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BAC-O.US.md) - [BML-G.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BML-G.US.md) - [BAC-M.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BAC-M.US.md) - [BAC-B.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BAC-B.US.md) - [BML-J.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BML-J.US.md) - [BAC-S.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BAC-S.US.md) - [BAC-P.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BAC-P.US.md) - [8648.JP](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/8648.JP.md) ## Related News & Research - [2 Stocks Bank of America Says Are Worth Buying as the Market Defies the Bears](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295779553.md) - [OpenLight and Tower expand PH18DA photonics ecosystem to accelerate photonic IC development](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295637549.md) - [These 40-something founders say they have something the AI kids don't](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295385596.md) - [The dream of serving ads to AI agents has hit a snag](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295689957.md) - [Tower Semi to join Jefferies semiconductor investor conference](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295645574.md)