AEP vs. AES, CMS, CNP, D, DUK, ED, NEE, WEC, CEG, and NGG
Should you be buying American Electric Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Electric Power include AES (AES), CMS Energy (CMS), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Dominion Energy (D), Duke Energy (DUK), Consolidated Edison (ED), NextEra Energy (NEE), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Constellation Energy (CEG), and National Grid Transco (NGG).
American Electric Power vs. Its Competitors
AES (NYSE:AES) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
AES has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than AES. AES is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Electric Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Electric Power has a net margin of 17.68% compared to AES's net margin of 8.42%. AES's return on equity of 19.02% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.
AES currently has a consensus target price of $24.67, suggesting a potential upside of 83.19%. American Electric Power has a consensus target price of $111.29, suggesting a potential downside of 2.33%. Given AES's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AES is more favorable than American Electric Power.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 3 more articles in the media than AES. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for American Electric Power and 30 mentions for AES. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat AES's score of 0.75 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AES pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. AES pays out 49.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power pays out 54.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. AES has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. AES is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
93.1% of AES shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of AES shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
AES and American Electric Power tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:AEP) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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