American Electric Power Company Inc. [AEP] Stock trading around $98.29 per share: What’s Next?

American Electric Power Company Inc. [NASDAQ: AEP] traded at a high on Tuesday, posting a 0.23 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $98.29.

The results of the trading session contributed to over 4508925 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of American Electric Power Company Inc. stands at 3.72% while the volatility over the past one month is 2.10%.

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The market cap for AEP stock reached $52.30 billion, with 532.12 million shares outstanding and 531.66 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 2.63M shares, AEP reached a trading volume of 4508925 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

What do top market gurus say about American Electric Power Company Inc. [AEP]?

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for AEP shares is $97.53 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on AEP stock is a recommendation set at 2.50. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

BofA Securities have made an estimate for American Electric Power Company Inc. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Underperform, with their previous recommendation back on Aug-07-24. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Ladenburg Thalmann raised their target price from $73 to $86. The new note on the price target was released on June 06, 2024, representing the official price target for American Electric Power Company Inc. stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $86 to $83, while UBS kept a Sell rating on AEP stock. On March 08, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for AEP shares from 75.50 to 73.

The Average True Range (ATR) for American Electric Power Company Inc. is set at 2.21, with the Price to Sales ratio for AEP stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 2.65. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 2.00, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.89.

How has AEP stock performed recently?

American Electric Power Company Inc. [AEP] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 0.15. With this latest performance, AEP shares gained by 12.83% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 27.98% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 20.99% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for AEP stock in for the last two-week period is set at 64.75, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 61.69, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 65.02 for American Electric Power Company Inc. [AEP]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 90.91, while it was recorded at 99.50 for the last single week of trading, and 84.13 for the last 200 days.

American Electric Power Company Inc. [AEP]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals

American Electric Power Company Inc.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.48 and a Current Ratio set at 0.65.

Earnings analysis for American Electric Power Company Inc. [AEP]

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for AEP. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for American Electric Power Company Inc. go to 6.59%.

Insider trade positions for American Electric Power Company Inc. [AEP]

The top three institutional holders of AEP stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.5034%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $178.43 billion in AEP stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $135.36 billion in AEP stock with ownership which is approximately 5.1238%.