Insider trade

Director sold ~$575K of AEP shares in the open market

Traded Dec 12, 2025 · Filed Dec 15, 2025

~$575K
Reported value · 5,000 sh @ $115.07: 26K
Holds after · shares reported: +4.9%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.1%, $114.13 → $119.75 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of American Electric Power sold $575K 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: Dec 12, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 15, 2025

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

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$575,350

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

44 days after results of Oct 29, 2025, 62 days before results of Feb 12, 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 $114.13 on Dec 12, 2025, 26% above its 52-week low and 8% below its high, after a 6% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $90.32 (Jan 6, 2025) to $123.77 (Nov 28, 2025), 71% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $121.89 on Oct 30, 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	+0.5%	+1.3%	-0.8%
30 days	+4.2%	+2.0%	+2.3%
90 days	+17.1%	-1.4%	+18.5%
180 days	+12.9%	+11.2%	+1.7%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001628280-25-056943
Filed / recorded: Dec 15, 2025, 7:26 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: Dec 12, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 5,000
Price per share: $115.07
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 25,898
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

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

Around the same time

9mo ago

21KShares · @ $116.91

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record

9mo ago

368Derivative units · @ $115.31

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record

9mo ago

0Derivative units · @ $115.31

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record

Why it stands out

Dates, kept separate

Context

After it was reported

Source receipt

Footnotes from the filing

Around the same time

21KShares · @ $116.91

368Derivative units · @ $115.31

0Derivative units · @ $115.31

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