AEP vs. CEG, EPD, ET, NGG, VST, TRP, EXC, XEL, CQP, and FTS
Should you be buying American Electric Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Electric Power include Constellation Energy (CEG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), National Grid (NGG), Vistra (VST), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), and Fortis (FTS). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
American Electric Power vs.
Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 12 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for American Electric Power and 13 mentions for Constellation Energy. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.51 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Constellation Energy presently has a consensus target price of $289.86, indicating a potential downside of 8.38%. American Electric Power has a consensus target price of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.77%. Given American Electric Power's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Constellation Energy.
Constellation Energy received 74 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.50% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote.
American Electric Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Constellation Energy. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Electric Power has a net margin of 13.48% compared to Constellation Energy's net margin of 11.93%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 16.26% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.
Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Constellation Energy pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power pays out 74.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. American Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Constellation Energy beats American Electric Power on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AEP) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
