Insider trade

CFO sold ~$579K of ABNB shares in the open market

Traded Dec 9, 2025 · Filed Dec 11, 2025

AirbnbABNB

~$579K
Reported value · 4,630 sh @ $125.00: 426K
Holds after · shares reported: +28.0%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.8%, $125.39 → $160.47 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of Airbnb sold $579K 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: Dec 9, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 11, 2025

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

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$578,750

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

33 days after results of Nov 6, 2025, 65 days before results of Feb 12, 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 $125.39 on Dec 9, 2025, 19% above its 52-week low and 22% below its high, after a 3% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $105.69 (Apr 8, 2025) to $161.42 (Feb 14, 2025), 35% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $129.07 on Oct 27, 2025. 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	+5.4%	-0.2%	+5.5%
30 days	+7.9%	+2.0%	+5.9%
90 days	-0.5%	-2.3%	+1.8%
180 days	+0.6%	+6.4%	-5.9%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-25-315911
Filed / recorded: Dec 11, 2025, 9:05 PM 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: Dec 9, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 4,630
Price per share: $125.00
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 425,529.9
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.

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Why it stands out

Dates, kept separate

Context

After it was reported

Source receipt

Footnotes from the filing

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