AEP Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Duke Energy has a net margin of 17.71% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 15.71%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 10.21% beat Duke Energy's return on equity of 8.52%.

American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $99.93, signalling upside risk potential of 8.18%. On the other hand Duke Energy has an analysts' consensus of $123.89 which suggests that it could grow by 13.69%. 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 0.551, which suggesting that the stock is 44.905% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Duke Energy has a beta of 0.476, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 52.439%.

American Electric Power has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.87%. Duke Energy offers a yield of 3.8% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.05 per share. American Electric Power pays 79.73% of its earnings as a dividend. Duke Energy pays out 114.19% of its earnings as a dividend. American Electric Power's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Duke Energy's is not.

American Electric Power quarterly revenues are $5.4B, which are smaller than Duke Energy quarterly revenues of $8.2B. American Electric Power's net income of $959.6M is lower than Duke Energy's net income of $1.3B. Notably, American Electric Power's price-to-earnings ratio is 18.62x while Duke Energy's PE ratio is 20.03x. 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 2.50x versus 2.78x for Duke Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Entergy has a net margin of 17.71% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 19.05%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 10.21% beat Entergy's return on equity of 12.08%.

American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $99.93, signalling upside risk potential of 8.18%. On the other hand Entergy has an analysts' consensus of $75.99 which suggests that it could fall by -0.31%. Given that American Electric Power has higher upside potential than Entergy, analysts believe American Electric Power is more attractive than Entergy.

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.551, which suggesting that the stock is 44.905% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Entergy has a beta of 0.711, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 28.861%.

American Electric Power has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.87%. Entergy offers a yield of 3.01% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.60 per share. American Electric Power pays 79.73% of its earnings as a dividend. Entergy pays out 39.64% 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 $5.4B, which are larger than Entergy quarterly revenues of $3.4B. American Electric Power's net income of $959.6M is higher than Entergy's net income of $645.8M. Notably, American Electric Power's price-to-earnings ratio is 18.62x while Entergy's PE ratio is 18.57x. 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 2.50x versus 2.75x for Entergy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

FirstEnergy has a net margin of 17.71% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 11.24%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 10.21% beat FirstEnergy's return on equity of 7.09%.

American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $99.93, signalling upside risk potential of 8.18%. On the other hand FirstEnergy has an analysts' consensus of $47.06 which suggests that it could grow by 17.98%. 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 0.551, which suggesting that the stock is 44.905% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.512, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 48.817%.

American Electric Power has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.87%. FirstEnergy offers a yield of 4.22% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.43 per share. American Electric Power pays 79.73% of its earnings as a dividend. FirstEnergy pays out 82.21% 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 $5.4B, which are larger than FirstEnergy quarterly revenues of $3.7B. American Electric Power's net income of $959.6M is higher than FirstEnergy's net income of $419M. Notably, American Electric Power's price-to-earnings ratio is 18.62x while FirstEnergy's PE ratio is 25.74x. 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 2.50x versus 1.71x for FirstEnergy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

NRG Energy has a net margin of 17.71% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of -10.62%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 10.21% beat NRG Energy's return on equity of 30.38%.

American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $99.93, signalling upside risk potential of 8.18%. On the other hand NRG Energy has an analysts' consensus of $98.64 which suggests that it could grow by 6.03%. Given that American Electric Power has higher upside potential than NRG Energy, analysts believe American Electric Power is more attractive than NRG Energy.

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.551, which suggesting that the stock is 44.905% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison NRG Energy has a beta of 1.122, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 12.152%.

American Electric Power has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.87%. NRG Energy offers a yield of 1.75% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.41 per share. American Electric Power pays 79.73% of its earnings as a dividend. NRG Energy pays out -188.61% of its earnings as a dividend. American Electric Power's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

American Electric Power quarterly revenues are $5.4B, which are smaller than NRG Energy quarterly revenues of $7.2B. American Electric Power's net income of $959.6M is higher than NRG Energy's net income of -$767M. Notably, American Electric Power's price-to-earnings ratio is 18.62x while NRG Energy's PE ratio is 23.79x. 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 2.50x versus 0.71x for NRG Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.