The boss of Elanco paid $478K out of pocket for Elanco shares. 2 other people at Elanco bought some too, in the same month. The Elanco shares held grew by 15%.

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: Dec 11, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 15, 2025

CEOIndirect holding$100K–$500KHoldings +15%3 insiders bought in 30d

Context

Classification

open market purchase

Code P — open-market or private purchase

Absolute commitment

~$478,496

Shares × reported transaction price

Size band

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$100K–$500K

Ownership change

+15.2%

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

Rarity

Not enough history to judge

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

Cluster activity

3 distinct insiders in 30 days

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

Timing vs results

36 days after results of Nov 5, 2025, 75 days before results of Feb 24, 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	−1.2%	+1.3%	−2.5%
30 days	+7.5%	+2.0%	+5.5%
90 days	+4.0%	−1.4%	+5.5%
180 days	+8.0%	+11.2%	−3.2%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001479079-25-000017
Filed / recorded: Dec 15, 2025, 9:41 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: Jeffrey N Simmons
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: PRESIDENT, CEO AND DIRECTOR
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Dec 11, 2025
Transaction code: P
Shares / units: 22,000
Price per share: $21.75
Acquired / disposed: Acquired (A)
Shares owned after: 167,000
Ownership form: Indirect — By Revocable Trust
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Reflects the weighted average price of 22,000 shares of common stock of Elanco Animal Health Inc. purchased by the reporting person in multiple transactions on December 11, 2025 with purchase prices ranging from $21.739 to $21.75 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.