Insider trade

CFO sold ~$510K of ABNB shares in the open market

Traded Jan 2, 2026 · Filed Jan 6, 2026

AirbnbABNB

~$510K
Reported value · 3,750 sh @ $135.94: 414K
Holds after · shares reported: +20.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.8%, $133.01 → $160.47 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of Airbnb sold $510K of Airbnb 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

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

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$509,775

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

57 days after results of Nov 6, 2025, 41 days before results of Feb 12, 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 $133.01 on Jan 2, 2026, 26% above its 52-week low and 18% below its high, after a 15% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $105.69 (Apr 8, 2025) to $161.42 (Feb 14, 2025), 49% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $115.42 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

Securities lawsuit open at the trade date

A securities lawsuit naming the company as a defendant was filed on Jun 2, 2025 in the U.S. District Court, D. Delaware. A filing is an allegation, not a finding.

The Heritage Foundation v. Airbnb, Inc., docket 1:25-cv-00676, 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	-3.1%	+0.1%	-3.2%
30 days	-10.8%	+0.1%	-11.0%
90 days	-8.8%	-4.4%	-4.4%
180 days	+7.7%	+8.9%	-1.2%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-004805
Filed / recorded: Jan 6, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 3:52 AM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Airbnb, Inc.
Issuer CIK: 1559720
Ticker: ABNB
Reporting person: Elinor Mertz
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chief Financial Officer
Security: Class A Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jan 2, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 3,750
Price per share: $135.94
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 414,279.9
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on May 30, 2025.

Around the same time

CFO sold ~$488K of Airbnb

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Director sold ~$224K of Airbnb

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Director sold ~$1.9M of Airbnb

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