Insider trade

CFO sold ~$585K of ABNB shares in the open market

Traded Mar 5, 2026 · Filed Mar 9, 2026

AirbnbABNB

~$585K
Reported value · 4,308 sh @ $135.73: 398K
Holds after · shares reported: +20.8%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +13.7%, $135.85 → $164.07 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

The money chief of Airbnb sold $585K 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: Mar 5, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Mar 9, 2026

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

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$584,725

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

21 days after results of Feb 12, 2026, 63 days before results of May 7, 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 $135.85 on Mar 5, 2026, within 5% of its 52-week high, after a 2% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $105.69 (Apr 8, 2025) to $142.16 (Jul 28, 2025), 83% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $133.59 on Jan 21, 2026. 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	-0.4%	-0.9%	+0.6%
30 days	-2.5%	+0.4%	-2.9%
90 days	+1.5%	+9.2%	-7.7%
180 days	+31.8%	+13.1%	+18.7%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-098642
Filed / recorded: Mar 9, 2026, 8:30 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: Mar 5, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 4,308
Price per share: $135.73
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 398,108.681
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.

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