Digi International VP Trims His Stake — The Real Question Is Whether the IoT Shift has legs
Written by Seena Hassouna for The Motley Fool -> 6,375 shares sold for a transaction value of ~$415,000. This sale represented about 7% of Sampsell's direct holdings at the time of the transaction. The transaction involved only direct ownership. David H. Sampsell, Vice Presid
This sale represented about 7% of Sampsell's direct holdings at the time of the transaction.
David H. Sampsell, Vice President of Corporate Development, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary at Digi International Inc. (NASDAQ:DGII) , disclosed the sale of 6,375 shares of common stock for a total of approximately $415,000 on May 13, 2026, according to a SEC Form 4 filing .
Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 reported price ($65.11); post-transaction value based on May 13, 2026 market close ($65.33).
* 1-year performance calculated using June 10th, 2026 as the reference date.
Digi International Inc. operates at scale in the IoT connectivity and communication equipment sector, delivering integrated hardware and cloud-based management solutions. The company leverages a combination of device sales and recurring service revenues to address the needs of organizations requiring reliable, secure, and remotely managed connectivity. Its broad portfolio and focus on mission-critical applications provide a competitive edge in serving diverse industries with stringent operational requirements.
Sampsell sold roughly 7% of his direct holdings into an strong run. That's a reasonable move for an executive managing concentration risk, and he still holds over 83,000 shares when you include the revocable trust. Nothing about this reads as a conviction change.
Digi International has been reshaping its revenue mix toward software subscriptions and cloud-based device management, which gives it a more defensible profile than a straight hardware vendor. After an 84% run, the multiple reflects a fair amount of optimism about that transition. The two things worth tracking in quarterly results are whether software and services are growing as a share of total revenue, and whether gross margins are expanding alongside it. If hardware still dominates growth or margins stay flat, the thesis isn't playing out the way current prices assume. If both are moving in the right direction, the valuation has a foundation.
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