Insider trade

Officer sold ~$904K of HCA shares in the open market

Traded Feb 18, 2026 · Filed Feb 19, 2026

HCA HealthcareHCA

~$904K
Reported value · 1,694 sh @ $533.3747: 8,853
Holds after · shares reported: -20.9%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.3%, $535.02 → $423.39 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

HCA Healthcare's & Chief Legal & Admin Off. sold $904K of HCA Healthcare 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: Feb 18, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 19, 2026

Officer$500K–$1M

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$903,537

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

22 days after results of Jan 27, 2026, 65 days before results of Apr 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

Price at the time

Closed at $535.02 on Feb 18, 2026, within 1% of its 52-week high, after a 12% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $306.30 (Feb 28, 2025) to $540.29 (Feb 13, 2026), 98% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $477.83 on Jan 5, 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	-0.5%	+0.7%	-1.2%
30 days	-6.5%	-4.3%	-2.2%
90 days	-25.0%	+8.3%	-33.3%
180 days	-22.1%	+12.1%	-34.2%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-057701
Filed / recorded: Feb 19, 2026, 12:18 AM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: HCA Healthcare, Inc.
Issuer CIK: 860730
Ticker: HCA
Reporting person: Michael R Mcalevey
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: EVP & Chief Legal & Admin Off.
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 18, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1,694
Price per share: $533.3747
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 8,853
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Around the same time

8mo ago

5,000Shares · @ $236.61

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Why it stands out Official record

8mo ago

3,306Shares · @ $540.29

Routine share withholding; mechanical by default.

Why it stands out Official record

8mo ago

5,000Derivative units

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Why it stands out Official record

Why it stands out

Dates, kept separate

Context

After it was reported

Source receipt

Around the same time

5,000Shares · @ $236.61

3,306Shares · @ $540.29

5,000Derivative units

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