AEP Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

CenterPoint Energy has a net margin of 14.65% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 10.17%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 10.39% beat CenterPoint Energy's return on equity of 9.2%.

American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $109.02, signalling upside risk potential of 6.97%. On the other hand CenterPoint Energy has an analysts' consensus of $38.65 which suggests that it could grow by 7.46%. Given that CenterPoint Energy has higher upside potential than American Electric Power, analysts believe CenterPoint Energy is more attractive than American Electric Power.

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.424, which suggesting that the stock is 57.64% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.591, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 40.912%.

American Electric Power has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.6%. CenterPoint Energy offers a yield of 2.36% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share. American Electric Power pays 64.17% of its earnings as a dividend. CenterPoint Energy pays out 51.23% 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 $5.5B, which are larger than CenterPoint Energy quarterly revenues of $2.9B. American Electric Power's net income of $800.2M is higher than CenterPoint Energy's net income of $297M. Notably, American Electric Power's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.67x while CenterPoint Energy's PE ratio is 24.14x. 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 2.70x versus 2.61x for CenterPoint Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Duke Energy has a net margin of 14.65% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 16.72%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 10.39% beat Duke Energy's return on equity of 9.35%.

American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $109.02, signalling upside risk potential of 6.97%. On the other hand Duke Energy has an analysts' consensus of $127.08 which suggests that it could grow by 10.12%. 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 0.424, which suggesting that the stock is 57.64% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Duke Energy has a beta of 0.373, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 62.695%.

American Electric Power has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.6%. Duke Energy offers a yield of 3.62% 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 $5.5B, which are smaller than Duke Energy quarterly revenues of $8.2B. American Electric Power's net income of $800.2M is lower than Duke Energy's net income of $1.4B. Notably, American Electric Power's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.67x while Duke Energy's PE ratio is 19.14x. 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 2.70x versus 2.89x for Duke Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Southern has a net margin of 14.65% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 17.16%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 10.39% beat Southern's return on equity of 12.62%.

American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $109.02, signalling upside risk potential of 6.97%. On the other hand Southern has an analysts' consensus of $93.04 which suggests that it could grow by 4.61%. Given that American Electric Power has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe American Electric Power is more attractive than Southern.

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.424, which suggesting that the stock is 57.64% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Southern has a beta of 0.380, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 61.986%.

American Electric Power has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.6%. Southern offers a yield of 3.26% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.74 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 $5.5B, which are smaller than Southern quarterly revenues of $7.8B. American Electric Power's net income of $800.2M is lower than Southern's net income of $1.3B. Notably, American Electric Power's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.67x while Southern's PE ratio is 21.33x. 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 2.70x versus 3.52x for Southern. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

WEC Energy Group has a net margin of 14.65% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 23%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 10.39% beat WEC Energy Group's return on equity of 12.85%.

American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $109.02, signalling upside risk potential of 6.97%. On the other hand WEC Energy Group has an analysts' consensus of $109.55 which suggests that it could grow by 5.19%. Given that American Electric Power has higher upside potential than WEC Energy Group, analysts believe American Electric Power is more attractive than WEC Energy Group.

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.424, which suggesting that the stock is 57.64% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison WEC Energy Group has a beta of 0.450, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 54.955%.

American Electric Power has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.6%. WEC Energy Group offers a yield of 3.32% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.89 per share. American Electric Power pays 64.17% of its earnings as a dividend. WEC Energy Group pays out 69.11% 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 $5.5B, which are larger than WEC Energy Group quarterly revenues of $3.1B. American Electric Power's net income of $800.2M is higher than WEC Energy Group's net income of $724.5M. Notably, American Electric Power's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.67x while WEC Energy Group's PE ratio is 20.30x. 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 2.70x versus 3.64x for WEC Energy Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.