Should You Sell American Electric Power Company Inc (AEP) And Go Away This Year?

American Electric Power Company Inc (NASDAQ:AEP) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.72M but it saw 5938478 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 55.48B USD, the company’s current market price of $103.90 came rising about 1.37 while comparing to the previous closing price of $102.50. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $109.52 and as low as $79.16. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $102.565 while lowest mark touched by it was $104.31.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of American Electric Power Company Inc (AEP) gives us an average price of $104.94, while its current price level is -5.13% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 31.25% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $102.23 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $97.57. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.49% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.96%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 49.61 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

BofA Securities upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Underperform” on January 13, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $98-$104. Scotiabank issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $105 and $102.

Over the week, AEP’s stock price is moving -1.83% down while it is -3.47% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 12.65% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 25.26%.

Currently, American Electric Power Company Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 532.91M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 4.44% and return on equity (ROE) at 11.37%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 18.59 while having a 16.50 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.46. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.05 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.79. Its return on asset (ROA) is 2.89% on average.