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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
American Electric Power Competitors List
