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American Electric Power Co Inc (AEP) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for AEP, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.37 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How AEP has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.37 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), American Electric Power Co Inc moved 0.37% on average · correlation 0.18 · higher than 36% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.49 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.59% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.70% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Utilities - Regulated Electric · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities - Regulated Electric · US

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against AEP on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — American Electric Power Co Inc

AEP in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
American Electric Power operates as a regulated utility holding company, generating, transmitting and distributing electricity across the United States. It runs vertically integrated utilities, separate transmission-and-distribution utilities, a dedicated transmission holding arm, and a generation-and-marketing arm, drawing power from coal, nuclear, gas, hydro, solar and wind. It owns a wide network of transmission and distribution lines plus regulated generating capacity, and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
Where it sits in the stack
AEP carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that stack; it belongs to the regulated electric utilities sector of our wider universe, where its relevance is as a power supplier rather than a build-out constituent.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group does not set a named comparison set for AEP; the market usually places it alongside other large regulated utilities such as Duke Energy.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
AEP holds a seat in the Nasdaq-100 but none in Rubin or our other thematic indices, and it does not yet carry a Closelooknet score; the diary has not logged a quote on it.
What the diary watches
Whether the recent cut to analyst price targets and its slide below both the 50-day and 200-day levels mark a lasting change in how the market prices regulated utility earnings.

American Electric Power Co Inc (AEP) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Morgan Stanley, 2026-08-21

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for AEP from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Morgan Stanley — target 135 from 139 Target cut to $135 from $139 (+8.6% to spot) 2026-08-21

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.21%, quarterly · last 0.95 USD on 2026-08-10

Dividends and capital return

What AEP pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 3.80 USD per share · a 3.21% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +2.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 3.72 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.95 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-10
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.88 USD (partial) · 2024: 3.57 USD · 2025: 3.74 USD · 2026: 2.85 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-09

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is American Electric Power Co Inc (AEP)?

American Electric Power Co Inc trades as AEP on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is AEP in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — American Electric Power Co Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does AEP trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -5.4% vs the 50-day and -6.6% vs the 200-day average, 15.8% below the 52-week high and +11.5% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 6 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does American Electric Power Co Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year American Electric Power Co Inc had a beta of 0.37 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 36% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.59% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does American Electric Power Co Inc do?

American Electric Power operates as a regulated utility holding company, generating, transmitting and distributing electricity across the United States. It runs vertically integrated utilities, separate transmission-and-distribution utilities, a dedicated transmission holding arm, and a generation-and-marketing arm, drawing power from coal, nuclear, gas, hydro, solar and wind. It owns a wide network of transmission and distribution lines plus regulated generating capacity, and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Closelooknet's peer group does not set a named comparison set for AEP; the market usually places it alongside other large regulated utilities such as Duke Energy.

Where does American Electric Power Co Inc sit in the AI build-out?

AEP carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that stack; it belongs to the regulated electric utilities sector of our wider universe, where its relevance is as a power supplier rather than a build-out constituent. AEP holds a seat in the Nasdaq-100 but none in Rubin or our other thematic indices, and it does not yet carry a Closelooknet score; the diary has not logged a quote on it.

Does American Electric Power Co Inc pay a dividend?

American Electric Power Co Inc has paid 3.80 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.21% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.95 USD on 2026-08-10. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on American Electric Power Co Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on American Electric Power Co Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Morgan Stanley on 2026-08-21 (target 135 from 139). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for AEP, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Utilities - Regulated Electric. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.