Insider trade

CFO sold ~$425K of META shares in the open market

Traded Aug 18, 2026 · Filed Aug 20, 2026

MetaMETA

~$425K
Reported value · 768 sh @ $553.4182: 14K
Holds after · shares reported: +33.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -0.5%, $543.67 → $725.93 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Sold under a plan set up in advance, so the timing wasn't a fresh decision

Sold under a plan set up in advance, so the timing wasn't a fresh decision
Sold 5% of their holdings
Routine for them: 46 sales in the past year
10 insiders at Meta sold within a month

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: Aug 18, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 20, 2026

CFOIndirect holding$100K–$500KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$425,025

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

20 days after results of Jul 29, 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 $543.67 on Aug 18, 2026, within 4% of its 52-week low, after a 12% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $525.72 (Mar 27, 2026) to $780.25 (Sep 18, 2025), 7% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $615.58 on Jul 7, 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

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+5.1%	+0.5%	+4.6%
30 days	+34.8%	+1.0%	+33.8%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000950103-26-012727
Filed / recorded: Aug 20, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 1, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Meta Platforms, Inc.
Issuer CIK: 1326801
Ticker: META
Reporting person: Susan J Li
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chief Financial Officer
Security: Class A Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 18, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 768
Price per share: $553.4182
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 14,386
Ownership form: Indirect — Susan Li and John Hegeman, Co-Trustees of The Li-Hegeman Living Trust u/t/a dated November 30, 2012
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The sales reported were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on November 25, 2025.
The reported price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $553.085 to $554.00 per share. The holder undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon written request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.

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