American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP)
Nasdaq · Common stock · Electric Services
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AEP at a glance
Key statistics
$69.26B
Market capitalization
- Previous close
- $127.22
- Open
- $127.56
- Day range
- $127.19 – $128.12
- Volume
- 969.6K
- Average volume (30 sessions)
- 3.83M
- Shares outstanding
- 544.40M
- Price / earnings
- 22.1
- Earnings per share
- $5.77
- Price / book
- 2.2
- Price / sales
- 3.0
- Dividend yield
- 2.95%
- Beta (1 year, vs SPY)
- -0.05
Where the price sits in its year
52-week range
54% of the range
- Below the 52-week high
- -9.2%
- Above the 52-week low
- +13.5%
Completed sessions through Oct 20, 2026
Technical snapshot
Above its 50-day average, below its 200-day
- 20-day average
- $121.89+4.4%
- 50-day average
- $122.73+3.7%
- 200-day average
- $127.57-0.3%
Between the conventional 30 and 70 bands.
+1.2%
1 week
+6.0%
1 month
-4.4%
3 months
+10.3%
Year to date
+8.2%
1 year
Price change over each window, from completed sessions. Past performance does not indicate future results.
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From the public news wire
AEP headlines
- American Electric Power Taps AI-Driven Demand For Its Next Big Growth Wave
Benzinga · May 5, 2026
- AEP Q4: Bets Big on Transmission Growth, Utility Sees Massive Data Center Demand
Benzinga · Feb 12, 2026
- AEP Declares Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock
Benzinga · Jan 20, 2026
- Powering Brighter Futures: AEP Texas Foundation Awards $75,000 for Youth Art Education in Port Aransas
GlobeNewswire Inc. · Dec 5, 2025
- American Electric Power Lifts Outlook As It Rolls Out Ambitious $72 Billion Investment Blueprint
Benzinga · Oct 29, 2025
- AEP Increases Quarterly Dividend to 95 Cents a Share
Benzinga · Oct 22, 2025
- American Electric Power Reaffirms 2025 Outlook With Minimal Tariff Risk On $54B Grid Investment Plan
Benzinga · May 6, 2025
SEC Form 4, most recent first
Insider filings
Ferneau Kelly J
−362
Executive Vice President · Shares withheld for tax
$43.35K · Oct 1, 2026
Berntsen Robert
−1.4K
Executive Vice President · Shares withheld for tax
$170.64K · Oct 1, 2026
Sauvage Joseph G
−0
Director · Grant or award
@ $118.64 · Sep 30, 2026
LIN SANDRA BEACH
+0
Director · Grant or award
@ $118.64 · Sep 30, 2026
Marriott David S
−379
Director · Grant or award
$44.96K · Sep 30, 2026
Von Thaer Lewis
+0
Director · Grant or award
@ $118.64 · Sep 30, 2026
Stoddard Daniel G.
+0
Director · Grant or award
@ $118.64 · Sep 30, 2026
Stoddard Daniel G.
+0
Director · Grant or award
@ $118.64 · Sep 30, 2026
About American Electric Power Company, Inc.
American Electric Power is one of the largest regulated utilities in the United States, providing electricity generation, transmission, and distribution to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. About 39% of AEP's capacity is coal, with the remainder from a mix of natural gas (28%), renewable energy and hydro (23%), nuclear (7%), and demand response (3%). Vertically integrated utilities, transmission and distribution, and generation and marketing support earnings.
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Security
- Common stock
- Industry
- Electric Services
- Headquarters
- Columbus, OH
- Employees
- 17,581
- Listed since
- Sep 1, 1949
- Website
- aep.com
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