AEP Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Duke Energy Corp. has a net margin of 11.46% compared to American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s net margin of 15.17%. American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s return on equity of 12.4% beat Duke Energy Corp.'s return on equity of 9.72%.

American Electric Power Co., Inc. has a consensus price target of $131.71, signalling upside risk potential of 2.56%. On the other hand Duke Energy Corp. has an analysts' consensus of $134.76 which suggests that it could grow by 6.64%. Given that Duke Energy Corp. has higher upside potential than American Electric Power Co., Inc., analysts believe Duke Energy Corp. is more attractive than American Electric Power Co., Inc..

American Electric Power Co., Inc. has a beta of 0.622, which suggesting that the stock is 37.769% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Duke Energy Corp. has a beta of 0.506, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 49.393%.

American Electric Power Co., Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $0.95 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.93%. Duke Energy Corp. offers a yield of 3.36% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.07 per share. American Electric Power Co., Inc. pays 56.15% of its earnings as a dividend. Duke Energy Corp. pays out 66.75% 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 Co., Inc. quarterly revenues are $5.3B, which are smaller than Duke Energy Corp. quarterly revenues of $7.9B. American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s net income of $605.2M is lower than Duke Energy Corp.'s net income of $1.2B. Notably, American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 19.28x while Duke Energy Corp.'s PE ratio is 20.02x. 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 Co., Inc. is 3.14x versus 3.05x for Duke Energy Corp.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Entergy Corp. has a net margin of 11.46% compared to American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s net margin of 7.97%. American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s return on equity of 12.4% beat Entergy Corp.'s return on equity of 10.83%.

American Electric Power Co., Inc. has a consensus price target of $131.71, signalling upside risk potential of 2.56%. On the other hand Entergy Corp. has an analysts' consensus of $106.65 which suggests that it could grow by 3.21%. Given that Entergy Corp. has higher upside potential than American Electric Power Co., Inc., analysts believe Entergy Corp. is more attractive than American Electric Power Co., Inc..

American Electric Power Co., Inc. has a beta of 0.622, which suggesting that the stock is 37.769% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Entergy Corp. has a beta of 0.648, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 35.241%.

American Electric Power Co., Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $0.95 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.93%. Entergy Corp. offers a yield of 2.4% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share. American Electric Power Co., Inc. pays 56.15% of its earnings as a dividend. Entergy Corp. pays out 62.4% 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 Co., Inc. quarterly revenues are $5.3B, which are larger than Entergy Corp. quarterly revenues of $3B. American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s net income of $605.2M is higher than Entergy Corp.'s net income of $235.8M. Notably, American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 19.28x while Entergy Corp.'s PE ratio is 26.44x. 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 Co., Inc. is 3.14x versus 3.61x for Entergy Corp.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

FirstEnergy Corp. has a net margin of 11.46% compared to American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s net margin of 0.18%. American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s return on equity of 12.4% beat FirstEnergy Corp.'s return on equity of 9.1%.

American Electric Power Co., Inc. has a consensus price target of $131.71, signalling upside risk potential of 2.56%. On the other hand FirstEnergy Corp. has an analysts' consensus of $50.92 which suggests that it could grow by 2.73%. Given that FirstEnergy Corp. has higher upside potential than American Electric Power Co., Inc., analysts believe FirstEnergy Corp. is more attractive than American Electric Power Co., Inc..

American Electric Power Co., Inc. has a beta of 0.622, which suggesting that the stock is 37.769% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison FirstEnergy Corp. has a beta of 0.640, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 35.959%.

American Electric Power Co., Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $0.95 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.93%. FirstEnergy Corp. offers a yield of 3.59% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share. American Electric Power Co., Inc. pays 56.15% of its earnings as a dividend. FirstEnergy Corp. pays out 99.73% 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 Co., Inc. quarterly revenues are $5.3B, which are larger than FirstEnergy Corp. quarterly revenues of $3.8B. American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s net income of $605.2M is higher than FirstEnergy Corp.'s net income of $7M. Notably, American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 19.28x while FirstEnergy Corp.'s PE ratio is 28.09x. 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 Co., Inc. is 3.14x versus 1.90x for FirstEnergy Corp.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

The Southern Co. has a net margin of 11.46% compared to American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s net margin of 4.89%. American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s return on equity of 12.4% beat The Southern Co.'s return on equity of 11.52%.

American Electric Power Co., Inc. has a consensus price target of $131.71, signalling upside risk potential of 2.56%. On the other hand The Southern Co. has an analysts' consensus of $95.78 which suggests that it could grow by 0.76%. Given that American Electric Power Co., Inc. has higher upside potential than The Southern Co., analysts believe American Electric Power Co., Inc. is more attractive than The Southern Co..

American Electric Power Co., Inc. has a beta of 0.622, which suggesting that the stock is 37.769% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison The Southern Co. has a beta of 0.448, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 55.242%.

American Electric Power Co., Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $0.95 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.93%. The Southern Co. offers a yield of 3.11% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.74 per share. American Electric Power Co., Inc. pays 56.15% of its earnings as a dividend. The Southern Co. pays out 74.7% 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 Co., Inc. quarterly revenues are $5.3B, which are smaller than The Southern Co. quarterly revenues of $7B. American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s net income of $605.2M is higher than The Southern Co.'s net income of $341M. Notably, American Electric Power Co., Inc.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 19.28x while The Southern Co.'s PE ratio is 26.83x. 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 Co., Inc. is 3.14x versus 3.57x for The Southern Co.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.