American Electric Power Company Inc (NASDAQ:AEP) currently has a daily average trading volume of 4.32M but it saw 5823151 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 54.28B USD, the company’s current market price of $101.61 came rising about 3.06 while comparing to the previous closing price of $98.59. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $110.48 and as low as $85.93.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of American Electric Power Company Inc (AEP) gives us an average price of $105.70, while its current price level is -8.03% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 18.25% 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 $105.37 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $100.31. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.05% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 1.98%. 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 40.54 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 -3.40% down while it is -4.75% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 10.17% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 11.02%.
Currently, American Electric Power Company Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 534.00M with 0.03% of that held by the insiders while 83.24% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 4.15% and return on equity (ROE) at 10.41%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 19.60 while having a 16.16 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.39. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.99 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.65. Its return on asset (ROA) is 2.73% on average.
