AEP vs. CEG, NGG, EPD, ET, VST, TRP, EXC, XEL, VG, and CQP
Should you be buying American Electric Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Electric Power include Constellation Energy (CEG), National Grid (NGG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Vistra (VST), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Venture Global (VG), and Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
American Electric Power vs.
Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Constellation Energy has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Electric Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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.
Constellation Energy received 73 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.37% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 55.25% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote.
Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Constellation Energy pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power pays out 71.7% 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. Constellation Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. American Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 10 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for American Electric Power and 14 mentions for Constellation Energy. Constellation Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat American Electric Power's score of 0.90 indicating that Constellation Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Constellation Energy currently has a consensus price target of $292.86, suggesting a potential upside of 0.63%. American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $107.75, suggesting a potential upside of 5.77%. Given American Electric Power's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Constellation Energy.
Summary
Constellation Energy beats American Electric Power on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AEP) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
