American Electric Power Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Electric Power in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" American Electric Power stock.
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American Electric Power saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 14th, there was short interest totaling 9,210,000 shares, an increase of 32.9% from the April 29th total of 6,930,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,070,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days.
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American Electric Power is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 5th 2021.
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American Electric Power Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEP) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 21st. The company reported $1.15 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.02. The business earned $4.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.54 billion. American Electric Power had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.93% and a net margin of 14.72%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.02 EPS.
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American Electric Power's stock was trading at $89.72 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AEP shares have decreased by 5.9% and is now trading at $84.39.
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American Electric Power declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 20th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 10th will be given a dividend of $0.74 per share on Thursday, June 10th. This represents a $2.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 7th.
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American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.51%. 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 59.68% next year. This indicates that American Electric Power will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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American Electric Power updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.550-4.750 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.660. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year 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 $94.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.3% 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 BlackRock Inc. (7.60%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (5.97%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.53%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.07%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.52%) and Ameriprise Financial Inc. (1.47%). 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 Franklin Resources Inc., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Jennison Associates LLC, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Calamos Advisors LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale. 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 Amundi Asset Management US Inc., Federated Hermes Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Ameriprise Financial Inc., Maple Brown Abbott Ltd, Clarus Group Inc., and Clarus Group Inc..
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Shares of AEP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AEP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.39.

American Electric Power has a market capitalization of $42.17 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]