Insider trade

CFO sold ~$2.88M of CAH shares in the open market

Traded Aug 18, 2026 · Filed Aug 20, 2026

Cardinal HealthCAH

~$2.88M
Reported value · 12K sh @ $235.54: 47K
Holds after · shares reported: -2.1%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -0.5%, $234.98 → $230.09 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of Cardinal Health sold $2.88M 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: Aug 18, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 20, 2026

CFO$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$2,880,183

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

7 days after results of Aug 11, 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 $234.98 on Aug 18, 2026, within 3% of its 52-week high, after a 2% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $146.04 (Aug 25, 2025) to $240.26 (Aug 11, 2026), 94% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $239.71 on Jul 7, 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	+2.2%	+0.5%	+1.7%
30 days	-1.6%	+1.0%	-2.7%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001741576-26-000006
Filed / recorded: Aug 20, 2026, 3:29 PM 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: Aug 18, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 12,228
Price per share: $235.54
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 47,152
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $235.08 to $236.07, inclusive.