Insider trade

Officer sold ~$1.7M of AXP shares in the open market

Traded Feb 19, 2026 · Filed Feb 20, 2026

~$1.7M
Reported value · 4,977 sh @ $341.14: 12K
Holds after · shares reported: -11.3%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +13.2%, $342.65 → $304.02 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

American Express's Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv. sold $1.7M of American Express shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

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: Feb 19, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 20, 2026

Officer$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$1,697,854

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

20 days after results of Jan 30, 2026, 63 days before results of Apr 23, 2026

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

Price at the time

Closed at $342.65 on Feb 19, 2026, 48% above its 52-week low and 11% below its high, after an 11% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $231.39 (Apr 8, 2025) to $384.89 (Dec 11, 2025), 72% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $383.56 on Jan 6, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Securities lawsuit open at the trade date

A securities lawsuit naming the company as a defendant was filed on Dec 27, 2024 in the U.S. District Court, N.D. Ohio. A filing is an allegation, not a finding.

Guridy v. American Express Company, docket 1:24-cv-02251, via CourtListener (court records). Nature of suit 850, company named as first defendant

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-4.3%	+0.6%	-4.9%
30 days	-6.5%	-3.8%	-2.8%
90 days	-3.3%	+10.0%	-13.3%
180 days	+5.0%	+11.9%	-6.9%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000004962-26-000104
Filed / recorded: Feb 20, 2026, 9:05 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 3:52 AM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO
Issuer CIK: 4962
Ticker: AXP
Reporting person: Raymond Joabar
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv.
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 19, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 4,977
Price per share: $341.14
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 12,050.026
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price, rounded to the nearest cent. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $340.60 to $341.59. The reporting person undertakes to provide to American Express Company, any security holder of American Express Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within this range.

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