American Electric Power (AEP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

American Electric Power (NASDAQ: AEP) is a major investor-owned electric utility headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The company is primarily engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, operating a diverse portfolio of power plants and an extensive high-voltage transmission network. AEP serves retail customers through its regulated utility subsidiaries and provides wholesale power and grid services across multiple regional markets in the United States.

Operations span the full utility value chain: AEP owns and operates generation assets that include fossil-fuel, natural gas, nuclear and hydropower facilities, and it has been adding renewable resources to its mix. The company also manages long-distance transmission lines and local distribution systems, and offers customer-facing programs such as demand response, energy efficiency initiatives and commercial and industrial solutions designed to support reliability and cost-effective service delivery.

With a corporate history that extends more than a century, American Electric Power has evolved through mergers and infrastructure investments into a vertically integrated utility with a focus on modernizing the grid. The company is active in transmission expansion and grid resilience projects and has stated strategic priorities around integrating cleaner generation and upgrading networks to support distributed energy resources. AEP is publicly traded under the ticker AEP and operates principally across a broad swath of the central and eastern United States, with headquarters and executive offices in Columbus.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $124.68 to $128.01
• 50-Day Range: $125.15 to $137.15
• 52-Week Range: $100.72 to $139.44
• Volume: 9.22 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.67 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $68.09 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.38
• Dividend Yield: 3.04%
• Price Target: $141.57
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

American Electric Power Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

American Electric Power scored higher than 94% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 14th out of 94 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

American Electric Power has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.64, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 12 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $141.57, representing about 13.1% upside from its current price of $125.15.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

American Electric Power has been the subject of 17 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.72%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for American Electric Power are expected to grow by 7.72% in the coming year, from $6.35 to $6.84 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of American Electric Power is 18.38, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.80.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of American Electric Power is 18.38, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 22.14.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

American Electric Power has a PEG Ratio of 2.50. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

American Electric Power has a P/B Ratio of 2.06. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.40% of the float of American Electric Power has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

American Electric Power has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.32.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in American Electric Power has recently increased by 1.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

American Electric Power pays a meaningful dividend of 3.04%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

American Electric Power has been increasing its dividend for 15 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of American Electric Power is 55.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, American Electric Power will have a dividend payout ratio of 55.56% next year. This indicates that American Electric Power will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.25

News Sentiment

American Electric Power has a news sentiment score of 1.25. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 27 news articles for American Electric Power this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

34 people have searched for AEP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 13% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

26 people have added American Electric Power to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 767% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, American Electric Power insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $719,923.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.05% of the stock of American Electric Power is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

75.24% of the stock of American Electric Power is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/10 Dividend: 2/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/10 Dividend: 2/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/10/2026
• Last Earnings: 5/05/2026
• Record date for 6/10 Dividend: 5/08/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/10 Dividend: 5/08/2026
• Today: 5/17/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/10/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: UTIL - ELEC PWR
• Sub-Industry: Utilities
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:AEP
• CIK: 4904
• Web: www.aep.com
• Phone: (614) 716-1000
• Fax: 614-223-1823
• Employees: 17,581
• Year Founded: 1906

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for American Electric Power: $141.57
• High Price Target: $153.00
• Low Price Target: $122.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.64
• Research Coverage: 22 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.81
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.38
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.71
• P/E Growth: 2.5
• Net Income: $3.58 billion
• Net Margins: 16.29%
• Pretax Margin: 16.75%
• Return on Equity: 10.21%
• Return on Assets: 2.89%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.42
• Current Ratio: 0.53
• Quick Ratio: 0.39

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $21.88 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.11
• Cash Flow: $12.35 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.13
• Book Value: $60.61 per share
• Price / Book: 2.06

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 544,100,000
• Free Float: 543,833,000
• Market Cap: $68.09 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.56