At the time of writing, American Electric Power Company Inc [AEP] stock is trading at $117.04, up 0.11%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The AEP shares have gain 2.61% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 7.63%, and 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 October 07, 2025, when Evercore ISI initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $133. Previously, Raymond James started tracking the stock with Outperform rating on June 13, 2025, and set its price target to $115. On January 23, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $104 on January 13, 2025. Scotiabank downgraded its rating to a Sector Perform and reduced its price target to $102 on December 12, 2024. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on December 12, 2024, and downed its price target to $102. In a note dated September 20, 2024, Jefferies initiated a Hold rating and provided a target price of $107 on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of American Electric Power Company Inc fluctuated between $89.91 and $119.06. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $118.2 within the next 12 months. American Electric Power Company Inc [NASDAQ: AEP] shares were valued at $117.04 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 0.99% based on the average AEP price forecast.
Analyzing the AEP fundamentals
According to American Electric Power Company Inc [NASDAQ:AEP], the company’s sales were 20.92B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 9.93% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.33% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.26%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.18%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.17%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.13 and Total Capital is 0.06. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.56.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that American Electric Power Company Inc [NASDAQ:AEP] has a current ratio of 0.55. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.41, while the Cash Ratio is 0.02. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.99, the price to book ratio is 2.09 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 17.15.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved FOWKE BENJAMIN G S III, Director, that happened on Oct 10 ’25 when 5000.0 shares were purchased. Executive Vice President, Ferneau Kelly J completed a deal on Oct 02 ’25 to sell 1006.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Lies Quinton S bought 1281.0 shares on Oct 02 ’25.
