American Electric Power Company Inc (NASDAQ: AEP) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 20.06x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.38. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 3 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 14 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for AEP is 532.61M, and at present, short sellers hold a 3.94% of that float. On July 09, 2025, the average trading volume of AEP was 3.13M shares.
AEP) stock’s latest price update
American Electric Power Company Inc (NASDAQ: AEP)’s stock price has gone decline by -0.20% in comparison to its previous close of $104.17, however, the company has experienced a 0.19% increase in its stock price over the last five trading days. 247wallst.com reported 2025-07-08 that We have covered Jim Cramer for almost 20 years here at 24/7 Wall St.
AEP’s Market Performance
AEP’s stock has risen by 0.19% in the past week, with a monthly rise of 2.15% and a quarterly drop of -0.50%. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.39% while the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.34% for American Electric Power Company Inc. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 1.24% for AEP’s stock, with a 3.14% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of AEP
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AEP stocks, with Raymond James repeating the rating for AEP by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for AEP in the upcoming period, according to Raymond James is $115 based on the research report published on June 13, 2025 of the current year 2025.
BofA Securities gave a rating of “Buy” to AEP, setting the target price at $104 in the report published on January 13th of the current year.
AEP Trading at 0.49% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought AEP to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -5.90% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at AEP starting from Feinberg David Matthew, who sale 8,058 shares at the price of $101.74 back on Jun 17 ’25. After this action, Feinberg David Matthew now owns 10,274 shares of American Electric Power Company Inc, valued at $819,821 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for AEP
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.22 for the present operating margin
- 0.63 for the gross margin
The net margin for American Electric Power Company Inc stands at 0.14. The total capital return value is set at 0.05. Equity return is now at value 10.41, with 2.73 for asset returns.
Based on American Electric Power Company Inc (AEP), the company’s capital structure generated 0.63 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.15. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.72. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 2.3.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 8.1 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 6.42. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 5.07. The receivables turnover for the company is 7.51for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.19. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.42.
Conclusion
To sum up, American Electric Power Company Inc (AEP) has seen a better performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.