American Electric Power Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Electric Power in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" American Electric Power stock.
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American Electric Power saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,500,000 shares, a decrease of 15.1% from the June 30th total of 8,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,800,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days.
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American Electric Power is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 28th 2021.
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American Electric Power Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEP) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 21st. The company reported $1.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.14 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $3.80 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.05 billion. American Electric Power had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.02% and a net margin of 14.78%. The business's revenue was up 8.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.08 EPS.
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American Electric Power's stock was trading at $89.72 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AEP shares have decreased by 0.8% and is now trading at $88.99.
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American Electric Power announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 10th. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 10th will be given a dividend of $0.74 per share on Friday, September 10th. This represents a $2.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 9th.
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American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.31%. The dividend payout ratio of American Electric Power is 66.67%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, American Electric Power will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.92% next year. This indicates that American Electric Power will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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American Electric Power issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.55-4.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.67.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for American Electric Power's stock. Their forecasts range from $83.00 to $105.00. On average, they anticipate American Electric Power's share price to reach $94.65 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.4% from the stock's current price.
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American Electric Power trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AEP."

American Electric Power's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Alpha Cubed Investments LLC (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%), Cypress Capital Group (0.01%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.01%) and DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own American Electric Power stock include Brian X Tierney, Charles E Zebula, Charles R Patton, David Matthew Feinberg, J Barnie Beasley, Lana L Hillebrand, Lisa M Barton, Mark C Mccullough, Nicholas K Akins and Paul Chodak III.
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AEP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Archford Capital Strategies LLC, Cypress Capital Group, Fulton Bank N.A., Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA, CHICAGO TRUST Co NA, TIAA FSB, and Independence Bank of Kentucky. Company insiders that have sold American Electric Power company stock in the last year include Charles R Patton, David Matthew Feinberg, J Barnie Beasley, Lisa M Barton, Mark C Mccullough, Nicholas K Akins, and Paul Chodak III.
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AEP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alpha Cubed Investments LLC, DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Brookstone Capital Management, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Meridian Wealth Management LLC, Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC, and Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC.
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One share of AEP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $88.99.

American Electric Power has a market capitalization of $44.52 billion and generates $14.94 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.20 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.44 on an earnings per share basis.

American Electric Power employs 16,787 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of American Electric Power: AEP Energy Supply LLC, AEP Generating Company, AEP Generation Resources Inc., AEP Texas Central Transition Funding II LLC, AEP Texas Central Transition Funding III LLC, AEP Texas Inc., AEP Texas North Generation Company LLC, AEP Transmission Company, AEP Transmission Holding Company, American Electric Power Service Corporation, Appalachian Consumer Rate Relief Funding LLC, Appalachian Power Company, BlueStar Energy Solutions, Central and South West Corp, Indiana Michigan Power Company, Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation, Kentucky Power Company, Kingsport Power Company, Memco Barge Line, Ohio Phase-In-Recovery Funding LLC, Ohio Power Company, Ohio Valley Electric Corporation, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Southwestern Electric Power Company, and Wheeling Power Company.

American Electric Power was founded in 1906.

The official website for American Electric Power is www.aep.com.

American Electric Power is headquartered at 1 RIVERSIDE PLAZA, COLUMBUS OH, 43215.

American Electric Power's mailing address is 1 RIVERSIDE PLAZA, COLUMBUS OH, 43215. The company can be reached via phone at (614) 716-1000 or via email at [email protected]