Insider trade

CFO sold ~$525K of CAH shares in the open market

Traded Feb 18, 2026 · Filed Feb 19, 2026

Cardinal HealthCAH

~$525K
Reported value · 2,328 sh @ $225.50: 26K
Holds after · shares reported: +2.3%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.3%, $224.99 → $230.09 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of Cardinal Health sold $525K of Cardinal Health 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 18, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 19, 2026

CFO$500K–$1M

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$524,964

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

13 days after results of Feb 5, 2026, 71 days before results of Apr 30, 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 $224.99 on Feb 18, 2026, within 1% of its 52-week high, after a 10% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $123.93 (Mar 10, 2025) to $227.18 (Feb 5, 2026), 98% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $205.45 on Jan 5, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

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	+2.0%	+0.7%	+1.3%
30 days	-7.3%	-4.3%	-3.1%
90 days	-10.6%	+8.3%	-18.9%
180 days	+5.5%	+12.1%	-6.6%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001741576-26-000002
Filed / recorded: Feb 19, 2026, 2:25 AM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: CARDINAL HEALTH INC
Issuer CIK: 721371
Ticker: CAH
Reporting person: Aaron E Alt
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chief Financial Officer
Security: Common Shares
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 18, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 2,328
Price per share: $225.50
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 26,408
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Around the same time

Officer sold7mo ago

~$23KReported value · 100 sh @ $228.55

15K → 15K shares held−1% of their stake

Cardinal Health's Chief Information Officer sold $23K of Cardinal Health shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Why it stands out Official record

Officer sold7mo ago

~$605KReported value · 2,646 sh @ $228.47

15K → 12K shares held−18% of their stake

Cardinal Health's Chief Information Officer sold $605K of Cardinal Health shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Why it stands out Official record

8mo ago

1,914Shares · @ $220.79

Routine share withholding; mechanical by default.

Why it stands out Official record

Why it stands out

Dates, kept separate

Context

After it was reported

Source receipt

Around the same time

~$23KReported value · 100 sh @ $228.55

~$605KReported value · 2,646 sh @ $228.47

1,914Shares · @ $220.79

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