Insider trade

CFO sold ~$420K of DUK shares in the open market

Traded Feb 23, 2026 · Filed Feb 24, 2026

Duke EnergyDUK

~$420K
Reported value · 3,272 sh @ $128.2265: 55K
Holds after · shares reported: -11.0%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.0%, $127.79 → $113.74 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of Duke Energy sold $420K of Duke Energy shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

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: Feb 23, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 24, 2026

CFO$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$419,557

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

13 days after results of Feb 10, 2026, 71 days before results of May 5, 2026

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 $127.79 on Feb 23, 2026, within 1% of its 52-week high, after a 9% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $112.46 (May 14, 2025) to $129.03 (Oct 22, 2025), 93% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $117.32 on Jan 8, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Securities lawsuit open at the trade date

A securities lawsuit naming the company as a defendant was filed on Nov 29, 2023 in the U.S. District Court, M.D. North Carolina. A filing is an allegation, not a finding.

VAUGHN v. DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC, docket 1:23-cv-01031, via CourtListener (court records). Nature of suit 850, company named as first defendant

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+2.3%	-1.2%	+3.5%
30 days	+0.8%	-8.5%	+9.3%
90 days	-3.1%	+8.3%	-11.4%
180 days	-5.4%	+10.1%	-15.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001585865-26-000005
Filed / recorded: Feb 24, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Duke Energy CORP
Issuer CIK: 1326160
Ticker: DUK
Reporting person: Brian D Savoy
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: EVP & CFO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 23, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 3,272
Price per share: $128.2265
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 55,112
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Reflects the weighted average sale price for the entire amount of shares sold. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $127.96 to $128.62, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the registrant, any security holder of the registrant, or the staff of the Securities Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges

Around the same time

CEO sold ~$2.24M of Duke Energy

Scheduled in advance7mo ago

CEO sold ~$156K of Duke Energy

Scheduled in advance7mo ago

Officer sold ~$87K of Duke Energy

Scheduled in advance7mo ago