Insider trade

Director sold ~$79K of BKNG shares in the open market

Traded Oct 15, 2025 · Filed Oct 16, 2025

~$79K
Reported value · 15 sh @ $5,291.98: 732
Holds after · shares reported: -21.1%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +14.9%, $203.2344 → $160.28 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of Booking Holdings sold $79K of Booking Holdings 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: Oct 15, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Oct 16, 2025

Director$25K–$100KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$79,380

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

78 days after results of Jul 29, 2025, 13 days before results of Oct 28, 2025

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 $203.2344 on Oct 15, 2025, 22% above its 52-week low and 13% below its high, after a 9% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $166.566 (Apr 8, 2025) to $232.6368 (Jul 7, 2025), 56% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $223.318 on Sep 3, 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

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+1.5%	+1.9%	-0.4%
30 days	-5.3%	+0.2%	-5.4%
90 days	+2.4%	+4.2%	-1.8%
180 days	-8.4%	+5.3%	-13.8%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001229265-25-000006
Filed / recorded: Oct 16, 2025, 8:30 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Booking Holdings Inc.
Issuer CIK: 1075531
Ticker: BKNG
Reporting person: Vanessa Ames Wittman
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Oct 15, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 15
Price per share: $5,291.98
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 732
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The 10b5-1(c) sales plan was adopted on June 2, 2025.

Around the same time

Director sold ~$200K of Booking Holdings

Scheduled in advance11mo ago

Officer sold11mo ago

~$1MReported value · 200 sh @ $5,000.00

Booking Holdings's CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER sold $1M of Booking Holdings shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Why it stands out Official record

CEO sold ~$31K of Booking Holdings

Scheduled in advance12mo ago