ETSY CAO Merilee Buckley Sells $457K of Stock

By TradeTexts Research Desk Oct 19, 2026, 5:02 PM EDT

Key Points

Etsy Chief Accounting Officer Merilee Buckley sold 5,076 shares of Etsy, Inc. (ETSY) at $90.00 per share on October 15, 2026, according to a Form 4 filing with the SEC.
The planned sale was valued at $456,840 and completely cleared out her remaining stock ownership in the online marketplace operator.
Major investment firms adjusted their Etsy holdings earlier in the year, while analysts maintain a consensus buy rating ahead of upcoming earnings.

Since the trade, $ETSY is down 4.4% to date (from the $89.18 close on Oct 15, 2026).

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Merilee Buckley, Chief Accounting Officer at Etsy, Inc. (ETSY), sold 5,076 shares of the online marketplace operator on October 15, 2026. The transaction was filed through a Form 4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

ETSY Etsy, Inc.

$85.26 +48.85% year to date

Daily close · Oct 19, 2026

Inside Merilee Buckley's Etsy Trade

Buckley disposed of the shares at a price of $90.00 each, bringing the total transaction value to $456,840. The sale was carried out through a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Following the completion of the trade, she no longer holds any direct shares in the company, cutting her stake by 100.0%. Etsy shares closed at $89.18 on the day of the transaction.

Other Institutional Activity in Etsy, Inc.

Large financial institutions adjusted their positions in Etsy leading up to recent reporting periods. Renaissance Technologies, LLC grew its holdings by 28,023 shares, ending with 5,990,442 shares worth about $510,745,097. Elliott Investment Management L.P. kept its stake steady at 5,000,000 shares valued at about $426,300,010. Barclays Plc reduced its position by 970,074 shares, leaving it with 3,863,380 shares worth about $329,391,787. AQR Capital Management, LLC grew its holdings by 164,573 shares, ending with 2,793,531 shares worth about $238,176,459.

Etsy, Inc. Stock Holds Steady

Etsy recently traded around $85.14 per share, down about 4.5% since the insider sale. The stock trades well above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages.

Recent Earnings

Etsy posted trailing-twelve-month revenue of $2.94 billion and diluted earnings of $3.42 per share. The company's next earnings report is scheduled for October 28, 2026.

Insider Buying and Selling at Etsy, Inc.

Insider activity at Etsy has included multiple planned sales by directors and executives, following earlier transactions by leaders such as Josh Silverman and Melissa Reiff.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Wall Street firms have actively covered Etsy, with Rosenblatt initiating a buy rating at $95.00, B of a Securities upgrading the stock with a $105.00 target, Argus Research maintaining a buy rating at $89.00, Oppenheimer upgrading to an outperform rating at $90.00, and BTIG setting a buy rating at $90.00.

About Etsy, Inc.

Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Etsy operates two-sided online marketplaces connecting creative artisans and unique goods buyers across the United States, the United Kingdom, and international regions through its primary platform and fashion resale site Depop.