American Electric Power
About: American Electric Power is one of the largest regulated utilities in the United States, providing electricity generation, transmission, and distribution to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. About 42% of AEP's of capacity is coal, with the remainder from a mix of natural gas (27%), renewable energy and hydro (21%), nuclear (8%), and demand response (2%). Vertically integrated utilities, transmission and distribution, and generation and marketing support earnings.
Employees: 16,330
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
254% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $536M | Put options by funds: $151M
38% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 688 | Existing positions reduced: 497
1.8% more ownership
Funds ownership: 79.54% [Q1] → 81.33% (+1.8%) [Q2]
9% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 127 | Existing positions closed: 140
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,650 [Q1] → 1,612 (-38) [Q2]
6% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $48.1B [Q1] → $45.1B (-$3.05B) [Q2]
44% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 27 [Q1] → 15 (-12) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
6 analyst ratings
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Mizuho
Anthony Crowdell
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$113
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Neutral
Maintained
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16 Sep 2025 |
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Jefferies
Julien Dumoulin-Smith
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$116
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Hold
Maintained
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11 Sep 2025 |
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Barclays
Nicholas Campanella
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$111
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Equal-Weight
Maintained
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1 Aug 2025 |
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Scotiabank
Andrew Weisel
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$114
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Sector Perform
Maintained
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31 Jul 2025 |
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Raymond James
J.R. Weston
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$122
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Outperform
Reiterated
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31 Jul 2025 |
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UBS
William Appicelli
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$110
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Sell
Maintained
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31 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about AEP published over the past 30 days
