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American Electric Power (AEP) Competitors

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$103.73 -0.05 (-0.05%)
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AEP vs. CEG, EPD, NGG, ET, TRP, VST, EXC, XEL, CQP, and VG

Should you be buying American Electric Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Electric Power include Constellation Energy (CEG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), National Grid (NGG), Energy Transfer (ET), TC Energy (TRP), Vistra (VST), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), and Venture Global (VG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

American Electric Power vs.

American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.

American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. American Electric Power pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Constellation Energy pays out 16.3% 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. American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Constellation Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. American Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Constellation Energy has a net margin of 15.91% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 15.08%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.96% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Electric Power15.08% 11.27% 2.97%
Constellation Energy 15.91%21.96%5.26%

Constellation Energy received 73 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.47% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 55.31% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American Electric PowerOutperform Votes
99
55.31%
Underperform Votes
80
44.69%
Constellation EnergyOutperform Votes
172
63.47%
Underperform Votes
99
36.53%

American Electric Power has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Constellation Energy. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Electric Power$20.16B2.75$2.97B$5.1919.99
Constellation Energy$24.20B3.79$1.62B$9.4930.81

American Electric Power currently has a consensus target price of $105.77, suggesting a potential upside of 1.97%. Constellation Energy has a consensus target price of $285.79, suggesting a potential downside of 2.26%. Given American Electric Power's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Constellation Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Electric Power
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23
Constellation Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

In the previous week, American Electric Power had 25 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for American Electric Power and 1 mentions for Constellation Energy. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.79 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Electric Power
22 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Constellation Energy
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Constellation Energy beats American Electric Power on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AEP vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Electric PowerElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$55.41B$14.91B$16.45B$8.48B
Dividend Yield3.66%5.03%5.73%4.11%
P/E Ratio18.5219.8020.6120.05
Price / Sales2.7516.1822.76119.28
Price / Cash8.8010.0718.6834.62
Price / Book2.052.412.134.61
Net Income$2.97B$690.28M$674.16M$248.19M
7 Day Performance4.19%2.69%2.88%2.88%
1 Month Performance-3.70%12.69%3.73%15.40%
1 Year Performance12.03%40.69%7.25%7.68%

American Electric Power Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEP
American Electric Power
4.5699 of 5 stars
$103.73
0.0%
$105.77
+2.0%
+12.0%$55.41B$20.16B18.5217,000Positive News
Insider Trade
CEG
Constellation Energy
3.3595 of 5 stars
$285.28
+5.1%
$285.79
+0.2%
+36.0%$89.41B$24.20B23.9913,400
EPD
Enterprise Products Partners
4.1399 of 5 stars
$31.40
+0.9%
$36.89
+17.5%
+12.4%$67.99B$56.88B11.676,910Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
NGG
National Grid
2.0014 of 5 stars
$67.48
-4.5%
N/A+1.4%$66.03B$19.32B12.9829,300Dividend Cut
ET
Energy Transfer
3.9726 of 5 stars
$17.43
+1.3%
$22.09
+26.8%
+12.2%$59.80B$82.06B13.6112,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TRP
TC Energy
4.0747 of 5 stars
$48.11
-2.6%
$62.00
+28.9%
+28.3%$50.01B$13.89B14.857,480Positive News
VST
Vistra
2.7416 of 5 stars
$145.87
+7.5%
$166.67
+14.3%
+71.2%$49.62B$17.22B27.214,910Positive News
Gap Up
EXC
Exelon
4.5896 of 5 stars
$43.61
-2.7%
$48.22
+10.6%
+15.1%$44.03B$23.70B17.8019,100Positive News
XEL
Xcel Energy
4.0308 of 5 stars
$67.78
-4.0%
$76.00
+12.1%
+29.0%$39.09B$13.70B19.7012,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
CQP
Cheniere Energy Partners
1.5928 of 5 stars
$57.11
-0.6%
$53.60
-6.1%
N/A$27.64B$8.70B13.411,550Positive News
VG
Venture Global
4.5613 of 5 stars
$10.02
+7.2%
$15.75
+57.2%
N/A$24.24B$4.97B0.001,400Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:AEP) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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