Compare Stocks: AEP, GOOG, BE, and XLU

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AEP American Electric Power	$122.31 -0.3%	$130.42	$105.70 ▼ $140.58	$66.59B	0.52	3.72 million shs	2.61 million shs
BE Bloom Energy	$209.37 -3.9%	$235.51	$48.87 ▼ $351.28	$62.08B	3.79	13.29 million shs	11.38 million shs
GOOG Alphabet	$342.88 +1.5%	$347.79	$206.96 ▼ $404.47	$4.19T	1.23	17.26 million shs	17.82 million shs
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	$42.73 -1.0%	$44.71	$41.15 ▼ $47.80	$22.08B	0.58	23.13 million shs	20.36 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AEP American Electric Power	0.00%	+1.13%	-4.28%	-3.44%	+8.34%
BE Bloom Energy	0.00%	+4.28%	+1.05%	-26.40%	+311.58%
GOOG Alphabet	0.00%	+0.33%	+2.76%	-8.91%	+64.68%
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	0.00%	-0.09%	-4.32%	-3.80%	+0.21%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AEP American Electric Power	$122.31 -0.3%	$130.42	$105.70 ▼ $140.58	$66.59B	0.52	3.72 million shs	2.61 million shs
BE Bloom Energy	$209.37 -3.9%	$235.51	$48.87 ▼ $351.28	$62.08B	3.79	13.29 million shs	11.38 million shs
GOOG Alphabet	$342.88 +1.5%	$347.79	$206.96 ▼ $404.47	$4.19T	1.23	17.26 million shs	17.82 million shs
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	$42.73 -1.0%	$44.71	$41.15 ▼ $47.80	$22.08B	0.58	23.13 million shs	20.36 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AEP American Electric Power	0.00%	+1.13%	-4.28%	-3.44%	+8.34%
BE Bloom Energy	0.00%	+4.28%	+1.05%	-26.40%	+311.58%
GOOG Alphabet	0.00%	+0.33%	+2.76%	-8.91%	+64.68%
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	0.00%	-0.09%	-4.32%	-3.80%	+0.21%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AEP American Electric Power	2.59	Moderate Buy	$140.19	14.62% Upside
BE Bloom Energy	2.58	Moderate Buy	$248.05	18.47% Upside
GOOG Alphabet	3.05	Buy	$415.55	21.19% Upside
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	2.56	Moderate Buy	$42.73	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AEP, GOOG, BE, and XLU Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/27/2026	BE Bloom Energy	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform	$282.00
8/27/2026	GOOG Alphabet	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
8/21/2026	AEP American Electric Power	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$139.00 ➝ $135.00
8/20/2026	GOOG Alphabet	Rosenblatt Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy
8/17/2026	AEP American Electric Power	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$146.00 ➝ $139.00
8/14/2026	BE Bloom Energy	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold	$188.00 ➝ $229.00
8/14/2026	GOOG Alphabet	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$515.00
8/14/2026	GOOG Alphabet	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Outperform
8/7/2026	BE Bloom Energy	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
8/5/2026	AEP American Electric Power	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$148.00 ➝ $142.00
8/5/2026	GOOG Alphabet	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold

(Data available from 8/30/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AEP American Electric Power	$22.79B	2.92	$12.35 per share	9.90	$61.15 per share	2.00
BE Bloom Energy	$3.11B	19.81	$0.40 per share	527.73	$5.57 per share	37.59
GOOG Alphabet	$402.84B	10.41	$12.67 per share	27.06	$50.90 per share	6.74
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AEP American Electric Power	$3.58B	$5.83	20.98	17.83	2.23	13.78%	9.95%	2.79%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
BE Bloom Energy	-$88.43M	$0.75	279.16	49.73	2.89	7.87%	35.45%	8.30%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
GOOG Alphabet	$132.17B	$19.91	17.22	23.25	0.96	54.77%	51.32%	35.42%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	20.74	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest AEP, GOOG, BE, and XLU Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	AEP American Electric Power	$1.48	$1.36	-$0.12	$1.31	$5.34 billion	$5.45 billion
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	BE Bloom Energy	$0.39	$0.78	+$0.39	$0.62	$826.13 million	$1.07 billion
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	GOOG Alphabet	$2.87	$9.11	+$6.24	$9.11	$116.53 billion	$119.80 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AEP American Electric Power	$3.80	3.11%	+5.66%	65.18%	15 Years
BE Bloom Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GOOG Alphabet	$0.88	0.26%	N/A	4.42%	1 Years
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	$1.19	2.78%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest AEP, GOOG, BE, and XLU Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/22/2026	GOOG Alphabet	quarterly	$0.22	0.28%	9/4/2026	9/7/2026	9/14/2026
7/20/2026	AEP American Electric Power	quarterly	$0.95	3.09%	8/10/2026	8/10/2026	9/10/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AEP American Electric Power	1.44	0.50	0.38
BE Bloom Energy	1.59	4.09	3.41
GOOG Alphabet	0.16	2.72	2.64
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AEP American Electric Power	75.24%
BE Bloom Energy	77.04%
GOOG Alphabet	27.26%
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	90.06%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AEP American Electric Power	0.05%
BE Bloom Energy	3.00%
GOOG Alphabet	12.99%
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AEP American Electric Power	17,581	544.40 million	544.13 million	Optionable
BE Bloom Energy	2,214	294.53 million	285.69 million	Optionable
GOOG Alphabet	190,200	12.23 billion	10.64 billion	Optionable
XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	516.80 million	N/A	Not Optionable

AEP, GOOG, BE, and XLU Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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August 18, 2026 | zacks.com

Utilities Were Supposed to Be the AI Trade. They’re Up 4%. The Electrification Fund Is Up 31%

August 14, 2026 | aol.comA

Utilities Were Supposed to Be the AI Trade. They're Up 4%.

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Utility ETFs to Buy as Rapid AI Buildout Sparks Energy Crisis

August 14, 2026 | zacks.com

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XLU, XLF, and XLK Forecasts – Sector ETFs Rally as Rates Ease

August 5, 2026 | fxempire.comF

Want $6,000 a Year on $100K, Paid Monthly? This Utility Fund Just Raised Its Payout Again

July 30, 2026 | 247wallst.com

UTES Charges 0.50% for AI Power Exposure: Is the Premium Worth It in 2026?

July 22, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Utility ETFs Soar 8% YTD on AI Power Demand. Here's Which One to Buy

July 19, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Sector ETFs to Win on Q2 Earnings Growth Potential

July 16, 2026 | zacks.com

3 Utilities Mutual Fund Buys as AI Drives Power Demand

July 14, 2026 | zacks.com

This “Boring” ETF Could Be One of the Biggest Winners from the AI Boom

July 11, 2026 | 247wallst.com

XLU vs. VPU: Which Utilities ETF Best Powers the AI Data-Center Boom?

July 8, 2026 | 247wallst.com

XLU vs. VPU: Which Utilities ETF Best Powers the AI Data-Center Boom?

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4 Defensive Stocks to Take Refuge in as Tech Sell-off Continues

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AEP, GOOG, BE, and XLU Company Descriptions

American Electric Power NASDAQ:AEP

$122.31 -0.40 (-0.33%)

As of 08/28/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

American Electric Power Company, Inc., an electric public utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments. The company generates electricity using coal and lignite, natural gas, renewable, nuclear, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources. It also supplies and markets electric power at wholesale to other electric utility companies, rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, and other market participants. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Bloom Energy NYSE:BE

$209.37 -8.46 (-3.88%)

As of 08/28/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Bloom Energy Corporation designs, manufactures, sells, and installs solid-oxide fuel cell systems for on-site power generation in the United States and internationally. The company offers Bloom Energy Server, a solid oxide technology that converts fuel, such as natural gas, biogas, hydrogen, or a blend of these fuels into electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion. It sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to utilities, data centers, agriculture, retail, hospitals, higher education, biotech, and manufacturing industries. The company was formerly known as Ion America Corp. and changed its name to Bloom Energy Corporation in 2006. Bloom Energy Corporation was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Alphabet NASDAQ:GOOG

$342.88 +5.17 (+1.53%)

As of 08/28/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in the Google Play and YouTube; and devices, as well as in the provision of YouTube consumer subscription services. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure, cybersecurity, databases, analytics, AI, and other services; Google Workspace that include cloud-based communication and collaboration tools for enterprises, such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet; and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells healthcare-related and internet services. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLU

$42.73 -0.45 (-1.04%)

As of 08/28/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

Select Sector Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (the Fund), formerly Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund, seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of the Utilities Select Sector of the S&P 500 Index (the Index). The Index includes companies from industries, such as electric utilities, multi-utilities, independent power producers and energy traders, and gas utilities. The Fund utilizes a passive or indexing investment approach to attempt to approximate the investment performance of the Index. The Fund's investment advisor is SSgA Funds Management, Inc.

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