American Electric Power Company Inc (AEP) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $100.99, with 4.94 million shares of worth about $498.66 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 2.91% during that period and on February 13, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -1.33%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 532.47M shares, out of which, 530.91M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 0.82% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 6.87%. Year-to-date (YTD), AEP shares are showing a performance of 9.50% which increased to 30.16% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $77.51 but also hit the highest price of $105.18 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for American Electric Power Company Inc shares is 2.90 million. The stock is currently trading 1.74% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 5.48% for SMA50 and it goes to 5.78% higher than SMA200.
American Electric Power Company Inc (NASDAQ: AEP) currently have 532.47M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 77.15% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $53.78B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.50. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 20.28, while it has posted earnings per share of $4.98 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.36 and has Quick Ratio of 0.41 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for AEP, volatility over the week remained 1.94% while standing at 2.00% over the month.
Analysts are in expectations that American Electric Power Company Inc (AEP) stock would likely to be making an EPS of 1.43 in the current quarter, while forecast for next quarter EPS is 1.26 and it is 6.3 for next year. For the current quarter EPS, analysts have given the company a lowest target 1.34 which is 1.77 at the higher side of the target for the same. When we compare those targets with actual EPS, we find that company posted an EPS of 1.27 in the same quarter a year ago. Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 4.56% while it is estimated to increase by 7.22% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 6.04% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 1.73% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Coverage by BofA Securities stated American Electric Power Company Inc (AEP) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on January 13, 2025, suggesting a price target of $104 for the stock. On December 12, 2024, Scotiabank Downgrade their recommendations, while on December 12, 2024, JP Morgan Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $102. Stock get a Hold rating from Jefferies on September 20, 2024.
