American Electric Power Company Inc. (NASDAQ: AEP) open the trading on March 16, 2023, with a bit cautious approach as it glided -0.63% to $92.01. During the day, the stock rose to $93.14 and sunk to $90.62 before settling in for the price of $92.59 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, AEP posted a 52-week range of $80.30-$105.60.
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The company of the Utilities sector’s yearbook sales growth during the past 5- year span was recorded 4.90%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 3.30%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -9.40%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $513.88 million, simultaneously with a float of $513.70 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $47.95 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $91.90, while the 200-day Moving Average is $94.31.
It is imperative to bring your focus towards the efficiency factor of the conglomerate that has a total of 16974 employees. For the Profitability, stocks gross margin was +25.21, operating margin was +17.60 and Pretax Margin of +12.53.
American Electric Power Company Inc. (AEP) Ownership Facts and Figures
Sometimes it helps to make our mind if we keep our tabs on how bigger investors are working with the stock of the Utilities – Regulated Electric industry. American Electric Power Company Inc.’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.03%, in contrast to 75.70% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Feb 27, this organization’s Executive Vice President sold 884 shares at the rate of 90.99, making the entire transaction reach 80,435 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 7,331. Preceding that transaction, on Feb 24, Company’s Executive Chair sold 51,034 for 89.44, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 4,564,481. This particular insider is now the holder of 143,547 in total.
American Electric Power Company Inc. (AEP) Earnings and Revenue Records
So, what does the last quarter earnings report of the company that was made public on 9/29/2022 suggests? It has posted $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) beating the forecaster’s viewpoint (set at $1.56) by $0.06. This company achieved a net margin of +11.95 while generating a return on equity of 9.96. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.35 per share during the current fiscal year.
American Electric Power Company Inc.’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -9.40% and is forecasted to reach 5.64 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 6.10% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 3.30% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
American Electric Power Company Inc. (NASDAQ: AEP) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for American Electric Power Company Inc. (AEP). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.60. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 2.12. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $20.44, and its Beta score is 0.45. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 2.44. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 13.54.
In the same vein, AEP’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 4.50, a figure that is expected to reach 1.33 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 5.64 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of American Electric Power Company Inc. (AEP)
[American Electric Power Company Inc., AEP] recent stats showed that its last 5-days Average volume was superior the volume it posted in the year-ago period. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 85.48% While, its Average True Range was 2.23.
Raw Stochastic average of American Electric Power Company Inc. (AEP) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 50.86%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 84.75% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 23.18% that was higher than 21.96% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.