Insider trade

CEO sold ~$2.49M of DUK shares in the open market

Traded May 8, 2026 · Filed May 11, 2026

Duke EnergyDUK

~$2.49M
Reported value · 20K sh @ $124.37: 96K
Holds after · shares reported: -8.4%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +3.6%, $124.17 → $113.74 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of Duke Energy sold $2.49M 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: May 8, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: May 11, 2026

CEO$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$2,487,400

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

3 days after results of May 5, 2026, 88 days before results of Aug 4, 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 $124.17 on May 8, 2026, 10% above its 52-week low and 7% below its high, after a 4% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $112.46 (May 14, 2025) to $133.46 (Mar 16, 2026), 56% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $129.38 on Mar 26, 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	-0.4%	-0.6%	+0.2%
30 days	-0.7%	-0.1%	-0.6%
90 days	-3.1%	+4.7%	-7.8%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001789776-26-000010
Filed / recorded: May 11, 2026, 8:25 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: Harry K. Sideris
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: President, CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: May 8, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 20,000
Price per share: $124.37
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 96,102
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 $124.08 to $124.53, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the registrant, any security holder of the registrant, or the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges.