Monitor for additional open-market purchases by insiders, particularly from C-suite executives, as current buying is modest and from non-executive insiders. The tax-related sell-offs are routine and not a negative signal.
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Executive Summary
Seven Bausch & Lomb executives, including the CEO and CFO, surrendered shares for tax withholding purposes in late February 2026, totaling over $1.4 million in non-cash transactions. Separately, two insiders — including a senior executive and a board member — made open-market purchases totaling approximately $159,500. The buying activity by external insiders contrasts with the routine share surrenders by executives, suggesting limited but positive sentiment from non-management insiders.
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Key Facts
- CEO Brent L. Saunders and CFO Sam Eldessouky surrendered 46,708 and 22,569 shares respectively for tax withholding, valued at $858,947 combined.
- Seven executives surrendered a total of 88,497 shares for tax withholding at prices between $18.30 and $18.49, totaling $1,615,783 in non-cash transactions.
- Ross Thomas W. Sr. and Andrew C. Von Eschenbach purchased 4,500 and 4,364 shares respectively in open-market transactions, spending $79,556 and $79,883.
- Total open-market purchases in the cluster: $159,438 across two buyers.
- All tax-related share disposals (codes F) are non-cash events and routine following equity vesting.
Financial Impact
$159,438 in net open-market buying by two insiders; $1.62M in non-cash tax withholdings
Risk Factors
- Open-market purchases are relatively small (0.0025% of $6.4B market cap) and may not indicate strong conviction.
- No C-suite executives participated in buying; purchases came from non-executive insiders.
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Documents Analyzed
This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.
| Document | Accession Number |
|---|---|
| CONTEXT: Insider Cluster Data (17 trades, 7d window) | cluster-BLCO-1772659209010 |
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Aug 14, 2026 7w ago | 3 / CLUSTER | $17.00 $17.23 | ▲ +1.35% | ▲ +3.33% | $17.11 (+0.65%) |
Aug 14, 2026 7w ago | 3 | $17.00 $17.23 | ▲ +1.35% | ▲ +3.33% | $17.11 (+0.65%) |
Aug 14, 2026 7w ago | 3 | $17.00 $17.23 | ▲ +1.35% | ▲ +3.33% | $17.11 (+0.65%) |
Aug 12, 2026 7w ago | Insider Cluster | $16.98 $17.25 | ▲ +1.59% | ▲ +3.34% | $17.11 (+0.77%) |
Aug 12, 2026 7w ago | Insider Cluster | $16.98 $17.25 | ▲ +1.59% | ▲ +3.34% | $17.11 (+0.77%) |
Aug 7, 2026 8w ago | 144 | $16.83 $17.73 | ▲ +5.35% | ▲ +6.26% | $17.11 (+1.66%) |
Aug 6, 2026 8w ago | 144 | $16.35 $18.14 | ▲ +10.95% | ▲ +10.35% | $17.11 (+4.65%) |
Aug 6, 2026 8w ago | 8-K | $16.35 $18.14 | ▲ +10.95% | ▲ +10.35% | $17.11 (+4.65%) |
Jul 29, 2026 9w ago | 8-K | $16.20 $17.25 | ▲ +6.48% | ▲ +1.46% | $17.11 (+5.62%) |
Feb 27, 2026 31w ago | Insider Cluster | $18.30 $15.37 | ▼ −16.01% | ▼ −8.45% | $17.11 (−6.50%) |
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