Insider trade

CFO sold ~$555K of ABNB shares in the open market

Traded Jul 2, 2026 · Filed Jul 8, 2026

AirbnbABNB

~$555K
Reported value · 3,750 sh @ $148.01: 445K
Holds after · shares reported: +7.8%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +2.6%, $148.93 → $160.47 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of Airbnb sold $555K 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: Jul 2, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jul 8, 2026

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

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$555,038

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

56 days after results of May 7, 2026, 35 days before results of Aug 6, 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 $148.93 on Jul 2, 2026, at its 52-week high, after a 14% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $111.54 (Nov 20, 2025) to $148.93 (Jul 2, 2026), 100% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $131.16 on May 19, 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	+3.8%	+1.3%	+2.5%
30 days	+24.6%	+3.7%	+20.8%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-297867
Filed / recorded: Jul 8, 2026, 1:33 AM 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: Jul 2, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 3,750
Price per share: $148.01
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 445,290.477
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

Officer sold8w ago

~$51.5Mplanned to sell · 295K shares, around Aug 7, 2026

A top manager at Airbnb told the SEC they plan to sell $51.5M of Airbnb shares around Aug 7, 2026. The shares did not come from their pay. That is a tiny part of all Airbnb shares.

Why it stands out Official record

Officer sold8w ago

~$92.6Mplanned to sell · 531K shares, around Aug 7, 2026

A top manager at Airbnb told the SEC they plan to sell $92.6M of Airbnb shares around Aug 7, 2026. The shares did not come from their pay. That is 0.1% of all Airbnb shares.