Insider trade

Director sold ~$588K of AEP shares in the open market

Traded Oct 10, 2025 · Filed Oct 14, 2025

~$588K
Reported value · 5,000 sh @ $117.52: 36K
Holds after · shares reported: +2.3%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +17.0%, $117.04 → $119.75 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of American Electric Power sold $588K of American Electric Power shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Oct 10, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Oct 14, 2025

Director$500K–$1MPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$587,600

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

72 days after results of Jul 30, 2025, 19 days before results of Oct 29, 2025

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $117.04 on Oct 10, 2025, within 1% of its 52-week high, after a 5% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $90.32 (Jan 6, 2025) to $118.19 (Oct 8, 2025), 96% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $111.78 on Aug 28, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-1.1%	+0.4%	-1.5%
30 days	+2.3%	+1.0%	+1.3%
90 days	-1.6%	+4.3%	-5.9%
180 days	+13.4%	+3.1%	+10.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001628280-25-044873
Filed / recorded: Oct 14, 2025, 12:49 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC
Issuer CIK: 4904
Ticker: AEP
Reporting person: FOWKE BENJAMIN G S III
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Oct 10, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 5,000
Price per share: $117.52
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 35,898
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The sale reported within this Form 4 were effected pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on May 13, 2025.

Around the same time

12mo ago

6,386Shares · @ $117.43

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record

12mo ago

Congress trade

$1,001 - $15,000Reported range · official band, not an exact amount

2 different filers disclosed AEP within 90 days. Disclosed 10 days after the transaction; reported as an official range, not an exact amount.

Why it stands out Official record

12mo ago

Congress trade

$1,001 - $15,000Reported range · official band, not an exact amount

2 different filers disclosed AEP within 90 days. Disclosed 15 days after the transaction; reported as an official range, not an exact amount.

Why it stands out Official record