Insider trade

CEO sold ~$797K of VTR shares in the open market

Traded Jan 2, 2026 · Filed Jan 6, 2026

VentasVTR

~$797K
Reported value · 10K sh @ $77.2597: 1.15M
Holds after · shares reported: +8.3%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.8%, $77.33 → $83.73 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of Ventas sold $797K of Ventas shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

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: Jan 2, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jan 6, 2026

CEO$500K–$1MPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$797,475

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

65 days after results of Oct 29, 2025, 34 days before results of Feb 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

Price at the time

Closed at $77.33 on Jan 2, 2026, within 5% of its 52-week high, after a 3% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $56.90 (Jan 6, 2025) to $81.00 (Dec 8, 2025), 85% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $79.86 on Nov 18, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+1.6%	+0.1%	+1.5%
30 days	+9.1%	+0.1%	+8.9%
90 days	+10.5%	-4.4%	+14.9%
180 days	+21.8%	+8.9%	+12.9%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001215188-26-000002
Filed / recorded: Jan 6, 2026, 10:50 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Ventas, Inc.
Issuer CIK: 740260
Ticker: VTR
Reporting person: Debra A Cafaro
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: Chairman and CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jan 2, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 10,322
Price per share: $77.2597
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 1,145,695
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The transaction involved the exercise of fully vested options scheduled to expire in the next 8 months and the sale of the underlying shares net of the exercise price and taxes, all pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan entered into by the Reporting Person on March 28, 2024.
The price reported is a weighted average price. These shares were sold by the Reporting Person in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $76.7835 to $77.66, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide Issuer, any security holder of Issuer or the staff of the SEC, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.