AEP Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Duke Energy has a net margin of 14.14% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 16.37%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.33% beat Duke Energy's return on equity of 8.94%.

American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $105.17, signalling upside risk potential of 0.52%. On the other hand Duke Energy has an analysts' consensus of $124.27 which suggests that it could grow by 4.48%. Given that Duke Energy has higher upside potential than American Electric Power, analysts believe Duke Energy is more attractive than American Electric Power.

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.433, which suggesting that the stock is 56.679% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Duke Energy has a beta of 0.387, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 61.348%.

American Electric Power has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.46%. Duke Energy offers a yield of 3.5% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.05 per share. American Electric Power pays 64.17% of its earnings as a dividend. Duke Energy pays out 71.02% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

American Electric Power quarterly revenues are $4.7B, which are smaller than Duke Energy quarterly revenues of $7.4B. American Electric Power's net income of $664.1M is lower than Duke Energy's net income of $1.2B. Notably, American Electric Power's price-to-earnings ratio is 18.75x while Duke Energy's PE ratio is 20.83x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for American Electric Power is 2.82x versus 3.02x for Duke Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Exelon has a net margin of 14.14% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 11.83%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.33% beat Exelon's return on equity of 9.35%.

American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $105.17, signalling upside risk potential of 0.52%. On the other hand Exelon has an analysts' consensus of $45.28 which suggests that it could fall by -1.56%. Given that American Electric Power has higher upside potential than Exelon, analysts believe American Electric Power is more attractive than Exelon.

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.433, which suggesting that the stock is 56.679% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Exelon has a beta of 0.393, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 60.692%.

American Electric Power has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.46%. Exelon offers a yield of 3.35% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share. American Electric Power pays 64.17% of its earnings as a dividend. Exelon pays out 61.95% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

American Electric Power quarterly revenues are $4.7B, which are smaller than Exelon quarterly revenues of $5.5B. American Electric Power's net income of $664.1M is higher than Exelon's net income of $647M. Notably, American Electric Power's price-to-earnings ratio is 18.75x while Exelon's PE ratio is 18.78x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for American Electric Power is 2.82x versus 2.00x for Exelon. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

FirstEnergy has a net margin of 14.14% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 8.22%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.33% beat FirstEnergy's return on equity of 7.45%.

American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $105.17, signalling upside risk potential of 0.52%. On the other hand FirstEnergy has an analysts' consensus of $43.36 which suggests that it could grow by 6.8%. Given that FirstEnergy has higher upside potential than American Electric Power, analysts believe FirstEnergy is more attractive than American Electric Power.

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.433, which suggesting that the stock is 56.679% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.409, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 59.051%.

American Electric Power has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.46%. FirstEnergy offers a yield of 4.19% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.43 per share. American Electric Power pays 64.17% of its earnings as a dividend. FirstEnergy pays out 99.18% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

American Electric Power quarterly revenues are $4.7B, which are larger than FirstEnergy quarterly revenues of $3.2B. American Electric Power's net income of $664.1M is higher than FirstEnergy's net income of $261M. Notably, American Electric Power's price-to-earnings ratio is 18.75x while FirstEnergy's PE ratio is 23.88x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for American Electric Power is 2.82x versus 1.74x for FirstEnergy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Southern has a net margin of 14.14% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 8.42%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.33% beat Southern's return on equity of 12.19%.

American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $105.17, signalling upside risk potential of 0.52%. On the other hand Southern has an analysts' consensus of $91.29 which suggests that it could grow by 1.59%. Given that Southern has higher upside potential than American Electric Power, analysts believe Southern is more attractive than American Electric Power.

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.433, which suggesting that the stock is 56.679% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Southern has a beta of 0.386, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 61.409%.

American Electric Power has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.46%. Southern offers a yield of 3.21% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share. American Electric Power pays 64.17% of its earnings as a dividend. Southern pays out 67.12% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

American Electric Power quarterly revenues are $4.7B, which are smaller than Southern quarterly revenues of $6.3B. American Electric Power's net income of $664.1M is higher than Southern's net income of $534M. Notably, American Electric Power's price-to-earnings ratio is 18.75x while Southern's PE ratio is 22.52x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for American Electric Power is 2.82x versus 3.70x for Southern. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.