American Electric Power Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Electric Power in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 9 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 is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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American Electric Power Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEP) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 24th. The company reported $0.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $3.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.97 billion. American Electric Power had a net margin of 12.82% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.19%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.60 earnings per share.
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American Electric Power's stock was trading at $89.72 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AEP shares have decreased by 16.6% and is now trading at $74.85.
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American Electric Power declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 19th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 10th will be given a dividend of $0.74 per share on Wednesday, March 10th. This represents a $2.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.95%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 9th.
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American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.88%. The dividend payout ratio of American Electric Power is 69.81%. 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 63.79% 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 FY21 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.55-4.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.65.

13 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for American Electric Power's stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $107.00. On average, they anticipate American Electric Power's stock price to reach $91.46 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.2% 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 shareholders include Northern Trust Corp (1.11%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.06%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.92%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.81%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.78%) and Swiss National Bank (0.45%). Company insiders that own American Electric Power stock include Brian X Tierney, Charles E Zebula, David Matthew Feinberg, 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Zacks Investment Management, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Northern Trust Corp, and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. Company insiders that have sold American Electric Power company stock in the last year include Lana L Hillebrand, Lisa M Barton, Mark C Mccullough, Nicholas K Akins, and Paul Chodak III.
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AEP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Boston Partners, Renaissance Technologies LLC, ProShare Advisors LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Eastern Bank, and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC.
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One share of AEP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $74.85.

American Electric Power has a market capitalization of $37.15 billion and generates $15.56 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.92 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.24 on an earnings per share basis.

American Electric Power employs 17,408 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]