MDT Insider Buying & Government Contracts (2026)

MDT insider buying and selling over the past year

Insiders at Medtronic plc only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 2 Form 4 sales totaling $8.19M, against no open-market purchases.

None of the 2 sales were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, meaning each one was a discretionary decision at the time of filing. Activity clustered in 2025-11 (1 trades) and 2026-02 (1 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-02-19. The average open-market sale price was $99.25; the last close of $94.75 is 4.5% below that level, so sellers exited above the current price. The single largest trade was a sale of 52,524 shares worth $5.13M on 2026-02-19. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved -2.9%, from $97.58.

Where MDT trades relative to its one-year range

Medtronic plc closed at $94.75 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $73.75 to $105.35. That puts the stock in the middle of its range, at 66.5% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved -0.3%, and over roughly three months +13.9%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 31,982,859 shares.

Across 83 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 38) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was +13.2%. MDT is behind that median and beat 35% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded MDT

STOCK Act disclosures show 38 trades in MDT by 22 members of Congress over five years (13 purchases, 25 sales), most recently on 2026-08-24. The most active traders were Julie Johnson (D-TX), 4 trades; Kathy E. Manning (D-NC), 4 trades; Kevin Hern (R-OK), 4 trades; Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA), 3 trades; Bruce Westerman (R-AR), 2 trades.

By party the trades split 21 by Republicans, 17 by Democrats; by chamber, 35 from the House, 3 from the Senate.

MDT lobbying disclosures

Medtronic plc appears in 8 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2018, with $1.61M in reported lobbying spend.

Compare MDT with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to MDT:

• ISRG one-year return -1.8%
• ZBH one-year return -4.9%
• GEHC one-year return -5.2%
• STE one-year return -7.3%
• DHR one-year return +8.6%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-02-19
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-08-24
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

MDT data questions

Are MDT insiders buying or selling stock?

Insiders at Medtronic plc only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 2 Form 4 sales totaling $8.19M, against no open-market purchases.

What is the one-year price range for MDT?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, MDT traded between $73.75 and $105.35, last closing at $94.75.

Has any member of Congress traded MDT stock?

Yes. 22 members disclosed 38 trades in MDT over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-08-24.