American Electric Power Company Inc. (AEP) shares closed today at 1.7% below its 52 week high of $104.81, giving the company a market cap of $52B. The stock is currently up 17.2% year-to-date, up 23.5% over the past 12 months, and up 81.9% over the past five years. This week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%, and the S&P 500 fell 0.6%.
Trading Activity
- Trading volume this week was 8.2% higher than the 20-day average.
- Beta, a measure of the stock’s volatility relative to the overall market stands at 0.2.
Technical Indicators
- The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the stock was between 30 and 70.
- MACD, a trend-following momentum indicator, indicates an upward trend.
- The stock closed below its Bollinger band, indicating it may be oversold.
- The stock closed at 0.4% higher than its 5-day moving average, 4.9% higher than its 20-day moving average, and 13.6% higher than its 90-day moving average.
Market Comparative Performance
- The company's share price is the same as the S&P 500 Index , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis
- The company's share price is the same as the Dow Jones Industrial Average , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis
- The company share price is the same as the performance of its peers in the Utilities industry sector , beats it on a 1-year basis, and beats it on a 5 year basis
Per Group Comparative Performance
- The company's stock price performance year-to-date beats the peer average by 97.4%
- The company's stock price performance over the past 12 months beats the peer average by 9.7%
- The company's price-to-earnings ratio, which relates a company's share price to its earnings per share, is 60.7% higher than the average peer.
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