American Electric Power Company Inc [AEP] stock is trading at $92.86, up 0.12%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The AEP shares have gain 1.19% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.32%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
American Electric Power Company Inc [NASDAQ: AEP] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 12, 2024, when Scotiabank downgraded its rating to a Sector Perform and also revised its price target to $102 from $105. Previously, JP Morgan downgraded its rating to Neutral on December 12, 2024, and dropped its price target to $102. On September 20, 2024, Jefferies initiated with a Hold rating and assigned a price target of $107 on the stock. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to a Underperform and increased its price target to $97 on August 06, 2024. Ladenburg Thalmann upgraded its rating to a Neutral and raised its price target to $86 on June 06, 2024. UBS downgraded its rating to Sell for this stock on March 11, 2024, and downed its price target to $83. In a note dated March 08, 2024, Ladenburg Thalmann downgraded an Sell rating on this stock and revised its target price from $75.50 to $73.
American Electric Power Company Inc [AEP] stock has fluctuated between $75.22 and $105.18 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $104 within the next 12 months. American Electric Power Company Inc [NASDAQ: AEP] shares were valued at $92.86 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 12.0% based on the average AEP price forecast.
Analyzing the AEP fundamentals
American Electric Power Company Inc [NASDAQ:AEP] reported sales of 19.90B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 2.54%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.55% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.2%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.12%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.13%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.04. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.64.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 91.97 points at the first support level, and at 91.09 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 93.36, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 93.87.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, American Electric Power Company Inc’s Current Ratio is 0.57. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.41, while the Cash Ratio is 0.02. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.53, the price to book ratio is 1.86 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.65.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Beasley J Barnie, Former Director, that happened on Aug 01 ’24 when 3218.0 shares were purchased. Officer, Risch Therace completed a deal on Jul 30 ’24 to buy 5274.0 shares. Meanwhile, Executive Vice President Smyth Antonio P sold 4898.0 shares on Jun 05 ’24.
