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$107.06 +0.62 (+0.58%)
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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

American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and AES (NYSE:AES) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AES has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Electric Power17.68% 11.55% 3.11%
AES 8.42%19.02%3.01%

In the previous week, American Electric Power had 19 more articles in the media than AES. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for American Electric Power and 14 mentions for AES. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat AES's score of 0.45 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
27 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AES
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

75.2% of American Electric Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of AES shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AES shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. AES pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. American Electric Power pays out 54.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AES pays out 49.3% 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 increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and AES has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. AES is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

American Electric Power currently has a consensus price target of $111.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.15%. AES has a consensus price target of $24.67, indicating a potential upside of 89.31%. Given AES's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AES is more favorable than American Electric Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Electric Power
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27
AES
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Electric Power$19.72B2.90$2.97B$6.8415.65
AES$12.28B0.76$1.68B$1.429.18

Summary

American Electric Power and AES 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AEP vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Electric PowerUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$56.92B$24.68B$16.23B$10.40B
Dividend Yield3.49%3.64%4.70%4.60%
P/E Ratio15.6519.3551.8926.78
Price / Sales2.904.2931.84123.53
Price / Cash8.898.9119.1461.55
Price / Book2.112.302.216.40
Net Income$2.97B$1.43B$752.30M$271.80M
7 Day Performance-2.19%2.35%0.42%3.49%
1 Month Performance-5.72%2.59%1.12%9.90%
1 Year Performance4.81%11.73%284.90%28.62%

American Electric Power Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEP
American Electric Power
4.357 of 5 stars
$107.06
+0.6%
$111.50
+4.1%
+5.2%$56.92B$19.72B15.6516,330Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
AES
AES
4.9809 of 5 stars
$12.71
-1.7%
$24.67
+94.1%
-31.1%$9.05B$12.28B8.959,100
CMS
CMS Energy
4.2939 of 5 stars
$70.69
-1.2%
$77.25
+9.3%
+1.3%$21.16B$7.52B20.918,324News Coverage
Positive News
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
3.796 of 5 stars
$37.31
-1.3%
$37.71
+1.1%
+34.5%$24.35B$8.64B26.098,872Positive News
D
Dominion Energy
3.403 of 5 stars
$57.94
-0.4%
$59.57
+2.8%
+4.2%$49.45B$14.46B19.9814,700
DUK
Duke Energy
4.6913 of 5 stars
$120.21
-0.3%
$130.62
+8.7%
+5.2%$93.47B$30.36B19.5526,413Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.6616 of 5 stars
$96.64
-1.4%
$105.82
+9.5%
-5.6%$34.85B$15.26B17.5415,097Positive News
NEE
NextEra Energy
4.857 of 5 stars
$69.81
-1.5%
$84.00
+20.3%
-13.7%$143.75B$24.75B24.419,300News Coverage
Positive News
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.0065 of 5 stars
$107.28
-0.5%
$106.40
-0.8%
+17.5%$34.53B$8.60B20.557,017Positive News
CEG
Constellation Energy
3.6662 of 5 stars
$298.82
-0.9%
$337.82
+13.1%
+58.7%$93.35B$23.57B31.1914,264
NGG
National Grid Transco
2.9982 of 5 stars
$70.44
+0.5%
$80.40
+14.1%
+1.8%$69.89B$18.38B13.5531,645

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This page (NASDAQ:AEP) was last updated on 9/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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