Insider trade

CEO sold ~$17.9M of DOV shares in the open market

Traded Feb 19, 2026 · Filed Feb 20, 2026

Dover CorporationDOV

~$17.9M
Reported value · 77K sh @ $232.70: 218K
Holds after · shares reported: −17.7%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +13.2%, $232.52 → $191.30 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

The boss of Dover sold $17.9M of Dover 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 19, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 20, 2026

CEO$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$17,917,202

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

21 days after results of Jan 29, 2026, 63 days before results of Apr 23, 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 $232.52 on Feb 19, 2026, within 1% of its 52-week high, after a 14% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $151.14 (Apr 8, 2025) to $233.25 (Feb 17, 2026), 99% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $203.50 on Jan 6, 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	−1.9%	+0.6%	−2.5%
30 days	−6.8%	−3.8%	−3.0%
90 days	−6.6%	+10.0%	−16.6%
180 days	−11.8%	+11.9%	−23.6%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001829655-26-000020
Filed / recorded: Feb 20, 2026, 11:45 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: DOVER Corp
Issuer CIK: 29905
Ticker: DOV
Reporting person: Richard J Tobin
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chairman, President & CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 19, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 76,997
Price per share: $232.70
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 217,979
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 as prices ranging from $231.73 to $233.30 inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Dover Corporation, any security holder of Dover Corporation, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in footnote (1) to this Form 4.