The money chief of Elanco paid $97K out of pocket for Elanco shares. 4 other people at Elanco bought some too, in the same month. It was the first purchase in 8 months.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Aug 7, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 10, 2026

CFO$25K–$100KHoldings +3%5 insiders bought in 30dFirst buy in 8 mo

Context

Classification

open market purchase

Code P — open-market or private purchase

Absolute commitment

~$96,926

Shares × reported transaction price

Size band

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$25K–$100K

Ownership change

+3.2%

Purchase shares ÷ estimated pre-transaction holdings, from the filing

Rarity

First purchase in 8 months

Confirmed open-market purchases by the same insider in the available history

Largest by this insider

Compared with 1 earlier confirmed purchase

Cluster activity

5 distinct insiders in 30 days

Distinct insiders at the same issuer with confirmed open-market purchases

Timing vs results

2 days after results of Aug 5, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+4.0%	−0.4%	+4.4%
30 days	+0.6%	−1.6%	+2.2%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001724169-26-000037
Filed / recorded: Aug 10, 2026, 8:14 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 6, 2026, 7:37 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v2
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Elanco Animal Health Inc
Issuer CIK: 1739104
Ticker: ELAN
Reporting person: Robert M Vanhimbergen
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: EVP and CFO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 7, 2026
Transaction code: P
Shares / units: 4,200
Price per share: $23.08
Acquired / disposed: Acquired (A)
Shares owned after: 137,516
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Reflects the weighted average price of 4,200 shares of common stock of Elanco Animal Health Inc. purchased by the reporting person in multiple transactions on August 7, 2026 with purchase prices ranging from $23.01 to $23.09 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price.