Insider trade

Officer sold ~$743K of CAT shares in the open market

Traded Feb 17, 2026 · Filed Feb 18, 2026

CaterpillarCAT

~$743K
Reported value · 972 sh @ $764.20: 824
Holds after · shares reported: +10.9%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +13.5%, $764.76 → $848.14 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

Caterpillar's Chief Accounting Officer sold $743K of Caterpillar 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 17, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 18, 2026

Officer$500K–$1M

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$742,802

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

19 days after results of Jan 29, 2026, 72 days before results of Apr 30, 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 $764.76 on Feb 17, 2026, within 2% of its 52-week high, after a 28% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $273.94 (Apr 8, 2025) to $775.00 (Feb 11, 2026), 98% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $598.41 on Jan 2, 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	-1.0%	+0.7%	-1.7%
30 days	-7.7%	-4.3%	-3.5%
90 days	+14.7%	+8.3%	+6.4%
180 days	+10.6%	+12.1%	-1.6%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001104659-26-016981
Filed / recorded: Feb 18, 2026, 7:43 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 3:52 AM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: CATERPILLAR INC
Issuer CIK: 18230
Ticker: CAT
Reporting person: William E Schaupp
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chief Accounting Officer
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 17, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 972
Price per share: $764.20
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 824
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $764.14 to $764.26. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.