AEP vs. NGG, EPD, CEG, ET, TRP, EXC, XEL, VST, CQP, and FTS
Should you be buying American Electric Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Electric Power include National Grid (NGG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Constellation Energy (CEG), Energy Transfer (ET), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Vistra (VST), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), and Fortis (FTS). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
American Electric Power vs.
National Grid (NYSE:NGG) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
National Grid has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Grid received 416 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.61% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote while only 56.00% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 26 more articles in the media than National Grid. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for American Electric Power and 7 mentions for National Grid. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat National Grid's score of 0.82 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
4.7% of National Grid shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company 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.
American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $101.62, suggesting a potential downside of 4.77%. Given American Electric Power's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than National Grid.
National Grid pays an annual dividend of $2.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. National Grid pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power pays out 66.4% 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.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than National Grid. National Grid is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Electric Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Electric Power has a net margin of 15.08% compared to National Grid's net margin of 0.00%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.27% beat National Grid's return on equity.
Summary
American Electric Power beats National Grid on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AEP) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
