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

Company Overview

American Electric Power Company, Inc., an electric public utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments. The company generates electricity using coal and lignite, natural gas, renewable, nuclear, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources. It also supplies and markets electric power at wholesale to other electric utility companies, rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, and other market participants. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $111.76 to $113.30
• 50-Day Range: $101.20 to $115.00
• 52-Week Range: $89.91 to $115.36
• Volume: 2.35 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.74 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $59.89 billion
• P/E Ratio: 16.37
• Dividend Yield: 3.32%
• Price Target: $111.29
• Consensus Rating: Hold

American Electric Power Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

American Electric Power scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 16th out of 96 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: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

American Electric Power has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.29, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

American Electric Power has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.16%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for American Electric Power are expected to grow by 7.16% in the coming year, from $5.87 to $6.29 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of American Electric Power is 16.37, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.67.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of American Electric Power is 16.37, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 15.47.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

American Electric Power has a PEG Ratio of 3.00. 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 1.93. 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

4.13% 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 7.1.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in American Electric Power has recently increased by 1.85%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

American Electric Power pays a meaningful dividend of 3.30%, 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 54.39%. 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 59.14% next year. This indicates that American Electric Power will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Environmental Score: -5.43

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.13% 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 7.1.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in American Electric Power has recently increased by 1.85%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.42

News Sentiment

American Electric Power has a news sentiment score of 1.42. 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 0.72 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 41 news articles for American Electric Power this week, compared to 27 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

40 people have searched for AEP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 167% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

11 people have added American Electric Power to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 83% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 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 $3,508,293.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.07% 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.

AEP Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have AEP shares performed this year?

American Electric Power's stock was trading at $92.23 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, AEP stock has increased by 21.4% and is now trading at $111.99.

How were American Electric Power's earnings last quarter?

American Electric Power Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEP) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 30th. The company reported $1.43 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.16. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does American Electric Power have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of American Electric Power: BlueStar Energy Solutions, Memco Barge Line, Central and South West Corp, AEP Energy Supply LLC, AEP Generating Company, AEP Generation Resources Inc., AEP Texas Central Transition Funding III LLC, and others.

Who are American Electric Power's major shareholders?

American Electric Power's top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.81%), State Street Corp (5.33%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.50%) and Dodge & Cox (1.79%). Insiders that own company stock include Nicholas K Akins, David Matthew Feinberg, Quinton S Lies, Antonio P Smyth and Greg B Hall.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of American Electric Power?

Shares of AEP stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of American Electric Power own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that American Electric Power investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), NVIDIA (NVDA), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Meta Platforms (META).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/10 Dividend: 5/09/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/10 Dividend: 5/09/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/10/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/30/2025
• Record date for 9/10 Dividend: 8/08/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 9/10 Dividend: 8/08/2025
• Today: 8/15/2025
• Dividend Payable: 9/10/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

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: 16,330
• Year Founded: 1906

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for American Electric Power: $111.29
• High Price Target: $122.00
• Low Price Target: $96.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -0.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.29
• Research Coverage: 14 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.84
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.37
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.08
• P/E Growth: 3
• Net Income: $2.97 billion
• Net Margins: 17.68%
• Pretax Margin: 17.37%
• Return on Equity: 11.55%
• Return on Assets: 3.11%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.33
• Current Ratio: 0.55
• Quick Ratio: 0.41

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $19.72 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.04
• Cash Flow: $11.85 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.45
• Book Value: $57.91 per share
• Price / Book: 1.93

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 534,790,000
• Free Float: 534,421,000
• Market Cap: $59.89 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.40