AEP · American Electric Power Company
$135.54
-0.43% last session
End-of-day data · updated 2026-07-28
Market cap
$73B
Enterprise value
$126B
Trailing P/E
98.2
Forward P/E
19.5
Dividend yield
3.0%
Beta
0.50
Avg volume
5M
Employees
18K
2D change
—
5D change
-0.99%
10D change
1.10%
30D change
-3.68%
60D change
5.46%
MTD change
-1.08%
YTD change
17.62%
Analyst Outlook
Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.
Technical Analysis
Analyst sentiment over time — AEP
Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).
Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-07-22
Latest call per bank · past 12 months
Morgan Stanley
Overweight$139
+2.6% vs priceGoldman Sachs
Neutral$147
+8.5% vs priceBarclays
Equal-Weight$138
+1.8% vs priceCitigroup
Neutral$148
+9.2% vs priceWells Fargo
Overweight$148
+9.2% vs priceJP Morgan
Neutral$139
+2.6% vs priceUBS
Neutral$132
-2.6% vs priceBank of America
Neutral$122
-10.0% vs priceJefferies
Buy$137
+1.1% vs priceRecent rating actions
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-22 | Morgan Stanley | Maintains | Overweight | $136 → $139 |
| 2026-07-22 | BMO Capital | Maintains | Market Perform | $141 → $139 |
| 2026-07-17 | Truist Securities | Maintains | Buy | $145 → $146 |
| 2026-07-16 | Goldman Sachs | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | $147 |
| 2026-07-13 | Barclays | Maintains | Equal-Weight | $136 → $138 |
| 2026-06-18 | Ladenburg Thalmann | Maintains | Buy | $148 → $143 |
| 2026-05-29 | Truist Securities | Maintains | Buy | $148 → $145 |
| 2026-05-15 | TD Cowen | Maintains | Buy | $141 → $148 |
Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.
Signal Summary as of 2026-07-28
- RSI (14): RSI is 49 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
- Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 1.2% above the 50-day MA ($131.43).
- Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 6.5% above the 200-day MA ($124.86).
- MA cross: The 50-day MA sits above the 200-day MA (golden-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points up.
- MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is negative (-0.31) — short-term momentum is fading.
- 52-week range: Price is within 5% of the 52-week high ($138.69).
AEP Price Chart
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Fundamentals
About American Electric Power Company
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, nuclear, natural gas, renewable, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources; owns, operates, maintains, and invests in transmission infrastructure; and engages in the retail supply, and wholesale energy trading and marketing businesses. It operates approximately 252,000 circuit miles of distribution lines; 38,000 circuit miles of transmission lines; and 25,000 MWs of regulated owned generating capacity. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
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