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Joseph M Busky bought $80k of QDEL

Chief Financial Officer at QuidelOrtho Corp. 3,370 shares at an average of $23.66, traded Feb 13, 2026, filed Feb 19, 2026.

Conviction score
65
Value
$80k
3,370 shares
Holdings after
10,290
+49% from before
From 52-week low
+20%
low $19.73, close $23.58
From 52-week high
-44%
high $41.96, as of Feb 13, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    CFO
    +22
  • Trade size
    $80k at market
    +9
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 49%
    +6
  • Price context
    44% below the 52-week high
    +8
  • Cluster
    3 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    2 buys in 90 days
    +5
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m -35.5%, 3m -47.5%, 6m -37.1%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

QDELOct 13, 2026 · close 14.10
Since filing Feb 19, 2026: -40.3%SPY +14.6% · excess -54.8%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001385091-26-000010, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 13, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Trust
+3,370$23.66$80k10,290Feb 19, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at QuidelOrtho Corp and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
72Notable
QDELbuy 3
QuidelOrtho Corp
Brian J Blaser
President and CEO
$249k
10,540 shares
+36%
65Notable
QDELbuy 3
QuidelOrtho Corp
Joseph M Busky
Chief Financial Officer
$80k
3,370 shares
+49%
61Notable
QDELbuy 3
QuidelOrtho Corp
Matthew Strobeck
director
$240k
10,000 shares
+56%
34Weak
QDELbuy 2
QuidelOrtho Corp
Ann D Rhoads
director
$21k
750 shares
+5%
38Weak
QDELbuy 5
QuidelOrtho Corp
Joseph D Wilkins Jr.
director
$10k
370 shares
+3%
65Notable
QDELbuy 4
QuidelOrtho Corp
Joseph M Busky
Chief Financial Officer
$124k
4,770 shares
+222%
10Weak
QDELsell
QuidelOrtho Corp
Kenneth J Widder
director
$112k
4,026 shares
-10%
41Moderate
QDELbuy 4
QuidelOrtho Corp
Mary Lake Ph D Polan
director
$22k
1,000 shares
+9%
86Strong
QDELbuy 4
QuidelOrtho Corp
Brian J Blaser
President and CEO
$502k
23,500 shares
+390%
46Moderate
QDELbuy
QuidelOrtho Corp
Brian J Blaser
President and CEO
$250k
6,033 shares
-

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Joseph M Busky bought $80k of QDEL | InsiderTell