American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 5.750-5.950 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 5.880. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently commented on AEP. UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of American Electric Power from $91.00 to $95.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Barclays dropped their price target on shares of American Electric Power from $100.00 to $99.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on shares of American Electric Power from $104.00 to $102.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Bank of America raised shares of American Electric Power from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $98.00 to $104.00 in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Evercore ISI lowered their price objective on shares of American Electric Power from $97.00 to $96.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $98.00.

American Electric Power Stock Performance

AEP traded down $1.74 during trading on Thursday, reaching $100.62. 2,283,543 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,267,052. American Electric Power has a fifty-two week low of $78.07 and a fifty-two week high of $105.18. The company has a quick ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 0.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.47. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $95.38 and a 200 day moving average price of $97.90. The company has a market capitalization of $53.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.17, a PEG ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 0.58.

American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $1.24 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.24. American Electric Power had a net margin of 13.48% and a return on equity of 11.41%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.23 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that American Electric Power will post 5.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

American Electric Power Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 10th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.93 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 10th. This represents a $3.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.70%. American Electric Power’s dividend payout ratio is currently 74.55%.

American Electric Power Company Profile

American Electric Power Company, Inc, an electric public utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments.