What SEC filings does IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. submit to the SEC?

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (IDXX) submits several types of SEC filings including Form 4 (insider transactions), Form 144 (proposed insider sales), 8-K reports (material events such as earnings releases, acquisitions, leadership changes), and periodic reports — the 10-Q (quarterly) and 10-K (annual). All filings are publicly available through SEC EDGAR.

What does a Form 4 filing tell me about IDXX?

A Form 4 for IDXX discloses a transaction by a company insider — typically a director, officer, or 10%+ shareholder. It shows the source-reported date, number of shares, price, and updated ownership. These facts do not establish motive or predict future returns.

How do I interpret an 8-K filing from IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.?

An 8-K signals a material event requiring prompt disclosure. Common triggers include earnings pre-announcements, acquisitions, leadership appointments or departures, credit changes, or regulatory actions. Read the item codes inside the filing to understand exactly what was disclosed before drawing conclusions.

What is the difference between a 10-K and 10-Q for IDXX?

The 10-K is IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.'s annual report with fully audited financial statements, comprehensive MD&A, and complete risk factor disclosures — filed 60–90 days after fiscal year-end. The 10-Q is a lighter quarterly report with unaudited financials filed for the first three quarters. Together they provide a continuous financial picture of the company.

Where can I see all IDXX SEC filings directly on EDGAR?

You can view all historical IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. filings on the SEC EDGAR company page for IDXX. Each filing card on this page links directly to the original SEC document.

How often does IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. file with the SEC?

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. files one 10-K per year and up to three 10-Qs per year. Form 4 insider transactions must be reported within two business days of each trade, so the frequency depends on how often insiders are buying or selling IDXX shares. 8-K filings occur whenever a material event happens — which can be several times per quarter for an active company.

IDXX SEC Filing News — IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.

Latest SEC filings for IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (IDXX) explained in plain English. Covers insider buying and selling (Form 4), proposed insider sales (Form 144), material company events (8-K), and quarterly & annual reports (10-Q / 10-K). StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries; original filings remain at the SEC/source links and were authored by their filers, not StrongBuyAnalytics. Filing dates shown are source dates. Coverage and detection can be delayed or incomplete because of SEC availability, amendments, parsing, caching, or outages. Latest source filing date shown: 2026-09-09.

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. develops, manufactures, and distributes products for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, dairy, and water testing industries in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Companion Animal Group; Water Quality Products; and Livestock, Poultry and Dairy. The company offers point-of-care diagnostic solutions, blood and urine chemistry, hematology, immunoassay, urinalysis, cytology/morphology, and coagulation analyzers; and…

Sector: Healthcare Industry: Diagnostics & Research Market Cap: $43.8B CIK: 874716

Total Filings

Bullish Classifications

Bearish Classifications

Insider Transactions

Material Events (8-K)

Periodic Reports

Rule-based classifications for IDXX currently lean bearish. Of the 20 filing records displayed, 1 carry bearish classifications (such as insider sales or negative 8-K disclosures) versus 0 bullish. This does not necessarily signal fundamental deterioration — insiders sell for many reasons — but it is worth monitoring alongside the company's core financial metrics.

IDXX Filing Activity Snapshot 2026-05-11 — 2026-09-09

Insider Transactions (Form 4)

0 buys vs 1 sell

Net insider selling in this period — insiders sell for many reasons beyond conviction.

Largest Form 144 Filing

$1.17M

LAWRENCE D KINGSLEY · 2026-09-04

2,203 shares · Form 144

Form 144 Notices

Proposed insider sales filed — Form 144 is a notice of intent, not a confirmed transaction. Actual sales are confirmed via Form 4.

Insider Transactions 15 · Forms 3, 4 and 5

A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 15 filings in this group are Form 4s for IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.

The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.

Across the 15 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 10 compensation award, 4 option exercise and 1 open-market sale. 1 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.

What each transaction type means

Compensation award ×10: Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Option exercise ×4: The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.
Open-market sale ×1: The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-09-09

IDXX insider Kingsley Lawrence D (Director) sold 2,203 shares (~$1.17M)

Kingsley Lawrence D, listed as Director at IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE, reported an open-market sale of 2,203 IDXX shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	2,203	$114.17	$251.5K
`S`	Open-market sale	2,203	$532.08	$1.17M
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right-to-buy)	2,203	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Kingsley Lawrence D (Director) Shares: 2,203 Est. Value: $1.17M

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Option exercise Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-24

IDXX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Emerson Andrew (EVP, CFO and Treasurer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	265	$178.26	$47.2K
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	86	—	—
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Incentive Stock Option (right-to-buy)	265	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Emerson Andrew (EVP, CFO and Treasurer) Shares: 351

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-03

IDXX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

HOOLEY JOSEPH L (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	49	$558.80	$27.4K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: HOOLEY JOSEPH L (Director) Shares: 49

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Option exercise Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-02

IDXX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

FENNELL GEORGE (Executive Vice President) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	639	—	—
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	284	$566.79	$161.0K
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Unit	639	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: FENNELL GEORGE (Executive Vice President) Shares: 923

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-05-14

IDXX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Vandebroek Sophie V. (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right-to-buy)	525	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Unit	234	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Vandebroek Sophie V. (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-05-14

IDXX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

SAMAD SAM (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right-to-buy)	525	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Deferred Stock Unit	234	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: SAMAD SAM (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-05-14

IDXX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Peacock Karen (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right-to-buy)	525	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Deferred Stock Unit	234	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Peacock Karen (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-05-14

IDXX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Kingsley Lawrence D (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right-to-buy)	525	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right-to-buy)	168	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Unit	234	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Unit	75	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Kingsley Lawrence D (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-05-14

IDXX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

JUNIUS DANIEL M (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right-to-buy)	525	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Unit	234	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: JUNIUS DANIEL M (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-05-14

IDXX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

HOOLEY JOSEPH L (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right-to-buy)	525	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Deferred Stock Unit	234	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: HOOLEY JOSEPH L (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-05-14

IDXX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

ESSIG STUART (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right-to-buy)	525	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Unit	234	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: ESSIG STUART (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-05-14

IDXX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Claflin Bruce L. (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right-to-buy)	525	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Deferred Stock Unit	234	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Claflin Bruce L. (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-05-14

IDXX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Britt Irene Chang (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right-to-buy)	525	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Deferred Stock Unit	234	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Britt Irene Chang (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Option exercise Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-05-11

IDXX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Vandebroek Sophie V. (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	257	—	—
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Unit	257	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Vandebroek Sophie V. (Director) Shares: 257

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Option exercise Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-05-11

IDXX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

SZOSTAK M ANNE (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	257	—	—
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Unit	257	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: SZOSTAK M ANNE (Director) Shares: 257

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Proposed Insider Sales 2 · Form 144

A Form 144 is a notice of intent to sell restricted or control securities. It is not a record that anything was sold. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. has 2 such notices in this period.

The distinction matters because a Form 144 is frequently reported as though it were a completed insider sale. The filer may sell all of the shares covered, some of them, or none at all, and there is no obligation to update the notice either way. A sale that is actually executed by an officer or director shows up separately on a Form 4, which is the filing to check before treating a proposed sale as a real one.

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-09-04

IDXX Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by LAWRENCE D KINGSLEY (2,203 shares) ~$1.17M

LAWRENCE D KINGSLEY filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell IDXX (IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: LAWRENCE D KINGSLEY Shares: 2,203 Est. Value: $1.17M

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-05-20

IDXX Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by Margaret Anne Szostak (1,344 shares) ~$744.0K

Margaret Anne Szostak filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell IDXX (IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: Margaret Anne Szostak Shares: 1,344 Est. Value: $744.0K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Material Events 2 · Form 8-K

An 8-K reports a material event in the window between scheduled reports. There are 2 in this period for IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. Each 8-K names the item number it is filed under, and that number is the fastest way to tell a routine disclosure from a consequential one.

Item 2.02 is an earnings release, Item 5.02 is a change of directors or officers, and Item 1.01 or 2.01 covers a material agreement or a completed acquisition. Item 7.01 and Item 8.01 are the general-purpose disclosure items and carry no fixed meaning on their own.

Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-08-04

IDXX filed 8-K — material company event

IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)

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Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-05-15

IDXX filed 8-K — material company event

IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)

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Periodic Reports 1 · Forms 10-K and 10-Q

The periodic reports are where the audited and reviewed financial statements live. This period contains 1 quarterly report (10-Q) for IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.

The two are not equivalent in weight. A 10-K is audited by an external firm and includes the full risk factor disclosure, business description and management discussion; a 10-Q is unaudited, reviewed rather than examined, and much shorter. When a figure in a quarterly report is later revised, the annual report is usually where the correction appears.

An amended report — 10-K/A or 10-Q/A — restates or corrects something in the original filing, and is worth reading against the version it replaces.

Form 10-Q Quarterly Report 2026-08-04

IDXX filed Quarterly Report (10-Q)

IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE filed its quarterly report with the SEC. This report includes unaudited financial statements and management discussion for the quarter.

Filing: 10-Q (Quarterly Report)

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How we classify IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.'s filings

Straight from EDGAR

Each displayed record links to an original source document. StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries, not the filing itself. Parsing may omit context or contain errors, so read the original document in full.

Transaction codes, not guesswork

The nature shown on each insider filing comes from the transaction code the filer entered on the form itself — P for an open-market purchase, A for a compensation award, F for shares withheld to pay tax, M for an option exercise. Where one filing contains several codes, the transaction table lists them line by line.

Why the distinction matters

Insider activity is routinely summarised as buying or selling, which flattens together decisions that mean very different things. Shares withheld for tax on a vesting grant are an automatic administrative step; shares bought on the open market are someone committing their own money at the current price.

What this page does not tell you

A filing records what happened, not why. Form 4 does not always disclose whether a sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, and no single filing is a basis for a decision on IDXX. Read these alongside the fundamentals rather than in isolation.

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