Insider trade

CEO sold ~$197K of RGLD shares in the open market

Traded Oct 5, 2026 · Filed Oct 6, 2026

Royal GoldRGLD

~$197K
Approx. value · 841 sh @ $234.17: 60K
Holds after · shares reported: +0.3%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +0.6%, $233.64 → $234.35 on Oct 6

Why it stands out

The CEO of Royal Gold sold $197K of Royal Gold shares. The filing says it was made under a pre-arranged trading plan.

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: Oct 5, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Oct 6, 2026

CEO$100K–$500KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$196,937

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

61 days after results of Aug 5, 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 $233.64 on Oct 5, 2026, 38% above its 52-week low and 23% below its high, after a 10% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $169.08 (Nov 4, 2025) to $304.29 (Mar 2, 2026), 48% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $259.01 on Aug 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

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001390606-26-000006
Filed / recorded: Oct 6, 2026, 9:16 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 6, 2026, 10:58 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v2
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: ROYAL GOLD INC
Issuer CIK: 85535
Ticker: RGLD
Reporting person: William Holmes Heissenbuttel
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: President & CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Oct 5, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 841
Price per share: $234.17
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 60,190
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The reporting person's sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a written plan adopted by the reporting person on June 4, 2026 in accordance with Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $233.72 to $234.68, inclusive.

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