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American Electric Power insider trading

Every open-market purchase and sale by American Electric Power's officers, directors and largest shareholders since November 4, 2021, and what the share price did next.

No insider has bought shares on the open market in five years.

Insider purchase Insider sale Marker size reflects trade value. Weekly closes adjusted for splits; may be delayed.
American Electric Power insider open-market trades
DateInsiderTrade SharesPriceValue 1M after 3M after 6M after

From insiders' Form 4 filings with the SEC: open-market purchases and sales only (awards, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are excluded), combined to one line per insider per day. "Plan" marks trades the filing says were made under a pre-set Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, which are scheduled in advance. Price changes run from the close on the trade date; hover a figure for the change relative to the S&P 500. Past moves don't predict future ones.

Does following American Electric Power’s insiders pay?

From February 4, 2010 to October 7, 2022, 18 insiders reported 4 open-market purchases and 58 sales not made under a pre-set plan in American Electric Power. Twelve months after each purchase was reported, the shares were −6.7% against the S&P 500 on average (median −7.0%), over 4 purchases with a full year of prices; 25% beat the index. After sales, the shares moved −4.4% against the index over 12 months (a negative figure means selling was the right call). That rests on fewer than 20 purchases, too few to read much into. Buying each purchase the day after it was reported, an equal amount each, held 12 months or until that insider reported a sale, would have turned $10,000 on August 8, 2011 into $25,024 by November 2, 2026, +6.2% a year. It held shares 21% of the time; the S&P 500 on those same days, with Treasury bills otherwise, made $27,200 (+6.8% a year), and held throughout $87,956 (+15.4%).

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Copying American Electric Power's insidersS&P 500, same days investedS&P 500, held throughout $10,000 copying every open-market purchase by American Electric Power's insiders from August 8, 2011, before costs and taxes, marked weekly. Uninvested money earns the Treasury bill rate; the portfolio held shares 21% of the time.
American Electric Power: each insider's record
InsiderRolePurchases12 months after their purchasesBeat the S&P 500Sales12 months after their salesLatest report
Barton Lisa M Exec VP, COO 0 — — 11 −1.3% (11) February 17, 2021
Powers Robert P Executive Vice President, COO 0 — — 9 +3.3% (9) May 6, 2016
Tierney Brian X Executive VP, CFO 0 — — 8 −0.8% (8) February 26, 2020
Chodak Paul III Executive Vice President 0 — — 7 −11.2% (7) May 5, 2021
Mccullough Mark C Executive Vice President 1 −2.8% (1) 0% 5 +7.8% (5) May 15, 2019
Welch Dennis E Exective Vice President 0 — — 3 −1.1% (3) May 7, 2014
Zebula Charles E Exective Vice President 0 — — 3 −21.0% (3) March 5, 2020
Beasley J Barnie Director 0 — — 2 −18.8% (2) March 2, 2021
Buonaiuto Jospeh M Controller, Chief Actg Officer 0 — — 2 −6.7% (2) March 7, 2022
Feinberg David Matthew Executive Vice President 0 — — 2 −7.6% (2) May 16, 2019
Hall Greg B Executive Vice President 0 — — 2 −11.6% (2) October 7, 2022
Akins Nicholas K Executive VP 0 — — 1 −5.0% (1) August 9, 2010
Cordes James F Director 1 +1.1% (1) 100% 0 — August 5, 2011
Hillebrand Lana L Exec. VP, Chief Admin Officer 0 — — 1 −56.0% (1) March 6, 2020
Lin Sandra Beach Director 1 −13.8% (1) 0% 0 — November 14, 2012
Nowell Lionel L III Director 0 — — 1 −15.8% (1) February 3, 2016
Patton Charles R. Executive Vice President 0 — — 1 +6.9% (1) February 28, 2022
Richard Oliver G III Director 1 −11.2% (1) 0% 0 — February 21, 2013

Moves are the shares’ return including dividends minus the S&P 500’s, from the close on the first trading day after each report; the number of trades with a finished 12-month window is in brackets. Green means the trade went the insider’s way (a purchase ahead of the index, a sale followed by the shares trailing it). A trade reported both by a director or officer and by a fund or company they are linked to counts once here, under the person. Purchases count only where the share price actually traded was at least $5. These figures describe what the shares did, not why anyone traded. Insiders across all companies.

When several insiders traded American Electric Power

Months when 2 or more insiders became net buyers, or 3 or more net sellers, of American Electric Power in reports dated in the 91 days before the month end, and how the stock did against the S&P 500 from that month end. After 6 selling crowds, −3.1%. One company's history is too short to judge by; the test across every company is the better guide.

MonthCrowd3 months on, vs S&P 5006 months12 months
March 31, 20223 selling+14.2%+8.3%+1.8%
March 31, 20206 selling−19.7%−27.0%−46.6%
May 31, 20194 selling−0.7%−7.7%−10.1%
May 29, 20154 selling+3.6%+0.6%+16.8%
May 30, 20145 selling−3.4%−0.6%−3.0%
October 31, 20133 selling+4.6%+8.1%+12.8%

Colours show whether the crowd was right: green when buyers were followed by a rise above the index, or sellers by a fall below it. Total returns from the month end; past patterns are not a forecast.

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