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NASDAQ:AEP

American Electric Power - AEP Competitors

$85.41
-1.44 (-1.66%)
(As of 03/23/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$85.21
$87.53
50-Day Range
$86.36
$94.86
52-Week Range
$80.30
$105.60
Volume
3.86 million shs
Average Volume
2.97 million shs
Market Capitalization
$43.94 billion
P/E Ratio
18.94
Dividend Yield
3.89%
Price Target
$100.33

AEP vs. D, ES, EIX, FE, DTE, ETR, FTS, PPL, CNP, and SO

Should you be buying American Electric Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Electric Power include Dominion Energy (D), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), FirstEnergy (FE), DTE Energy (DTE), Entergy (ETR), Fortis (FTS), PPL (PPL), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), and Southern (SO). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.

American Electric Power vs.

American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.

American Electric Power currently has a consensus price target of $100.33, indicating a potential upside of 14.69%. Dominion Energy has a consensus price target of $66.08, indicating a potential upside of 23.47%. Given Dominion Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dominion Energy is more favorable than American Electric Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Electric Power
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Dominion Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

American Electric Power has a net margin of 11.77% compared to Dominion Energy's net margin of 5.79%. Dominion Energy's return on equity of 13.35% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Electric Power 11.77% 10.75% 2.85%
Dominion Energy 5.79% 13.35% 3.40%

Dominion Energy received 512 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.37% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote while only 54.92% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American Electric PowerOutperform Votes
57
70.37%
Underperform Votes
24
29.63%
Dominion EnergyOutperform Votes
569
54.92%
Underperform Votes
467
45.08%

American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Dominion Energy. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dominion 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$19.64 billion2.29$2.31 billion$4.5119.40
Dominion Energy$17.17 billion2.60$994 million$1.0949.10

In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 4 more articles in the media than American Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Dominion Energy and 16 mentions for American Electric Power. Dominion Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat American Electric Power's score of 0.28 indicating that Dominion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Electric Power
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Dominion Energy
10 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

74.3% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Dominion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Dominion Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. American Electric Power pays out 73.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dominion Energy pays out 245.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Dominion Energy beats American Electric Power on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AEP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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 PowerElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$45.00B$12.17B$13.00B$5.92B
Dividend Yield3.62%4.04%3.71%4.46%
P/E Ratio19.4018.69103.7512.32
Price / Sales2.2911.321,116.0356.94
Price / Cash8.008.3424.87101.17
Price / Book1.861.341.845.01
Net Income$2.31B$261.16M$332.33M$190.72M
7 Day Performance-4.92%-1.68%-0.32%-0.38%
1 Month Performance-3.56%-3.50%-3.23%-5.98%
1 Year Performance-8.88%-5.42%-7.82%-17.58%

American Electric Power Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
D
Dominion Energy
2.7687 of 5 stars
$53.21
-1.6%
$66.08
+24.2%
-34.8%$44.44B$17.17B48.8217,200Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
ES
Eversource Energy
3.0217 of 5 stars
$73.52
-1.9%
$89.00
+21.1%
-12.7%$25.62B$12.29B18.209,626Analyst Report
EIX
Edison International
2.7338 of 5 stars
$66.31
-2.2%
$69.64
+5.0%
+0.6%$25.37B$17.22B41.4413,388Analyst Report
FE
FirstEnergy
2.3928 of 5 stars
$38.36
-2.6%
$43.89
+14.4%
-11.9%$21.95B$12.46B54.0312,335Dividend Announcement
Analyst Report
DTE
DTE Energy
2.6901 of 5 stars
$103.98
-2.2%
$129.22
+24.3%
-17.3%$21.39B$19.23B18.8410,250Analyst Report
ETR
Entergy
2.6583 of 5 stars
$100.43
-2.6%
$122.47
+21.9%
-8.4%$21.23B$13.76B18.6311,707Analyst Report
FTS
Fortis
2.3314 of 5 stars
$40.38
-1.1%
$57.86
+43.3%
-15.5%$19.47B$8.49B18.969,200
PPL
PPL
1.9496 of 5 stars
$26.26
-1.9%
$31.38
+19.5%
-2.2%$19.35B$7.90B25.506,527Analyst Report
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
2.5665 of 5 stars
$27.65
-2.1%
$32.78
+18.5%
-6.2%$17.45B$9.32B17.398,986Analyst Report
SO
Southern
2.4069 of 5 stars
$66.71
-0.6%
$71.93
+7.8%
-3.1%$72.64B$29.28B20.3427,700Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
This page (NASDAQ:AEP) was last updated on 3/23/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff