American Electric Power
About: American Electric Power is one of the largest regulated utilities in the United States, providing electricity generation, transmission, and distribution to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. About 42% of AEP's of capacity is coal, with the remainder from a mix of natural gas (27%), renewable energy and hydro (21%), nuclear (8%), and demand response (2%). Vertically integrated utilities, transmission and distribution, and generation and marketing support earnings.
Employees: 16,330
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
47% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $268M | Put options by funds: $183M
33% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 188 | Existing positions closed: 141
13% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 577 | Existing positions reduced: 510
11% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 9 [Q3] → 10 (+1) [Q4]
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,475 [Q3] → 1,490 (+15) [Q4]
0.31% less ownership
Funds ownership: 77.1% [Q3] → 76.79% (-0.31%) [Q4]
7% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $42B [Q3] → $38.9B (-$3.11B) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
3 analyst ratings
BMO Capital James Thalacker 76% 1-year accuracy 55 / 72 met price target | 3%upside $111 | Outperform Maintained | 26 Mar 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Stephen Byrd 56% 1-year accuracy 60 / 108 met price target | 5%upside $113 | Overweight Maintained | 20 Mar 2025 |
B of A Securities Julien Dumoulin-Smith 54% 1-year accuracy 91 / 169 met price target | 6%upside $114 | Buy Maintained | 18 Mar 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 14 articles about AEP published over the past 30 days
