Yahoo · Oct 23, 2026
American Electric Power (AEP) Crossed Above the 200-Day Moving Average: What That Means for Investors
Good things could be on the horizon when a stock surpasses the 200-day simple moving average. How should investors react?
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NASDAQ · AEP
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
Utilities · Regulated Electric
$130.21
Up+$0.87 (+0.67%)
Updated Oct 31, 2026, 6:45 PM
SID Score
7.9/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
62/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 72.38B
- P/E ratio
- 19.4
- Dividend yield
- 2.87%
- 52-week range
- $113.25 – $140.58
- Volume
- 4.63M
- Avg. volume
- 3.36M
Price performance · AEP
AEP price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 30, 2026
AEP closed at $130.21 after 21 trading sessions, up 8.90% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $130.21
- Period change
- +8.90%
- Period low
- $119.57
- Period high
- $130.64
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | $131.22 | $132.17 | $129.65 | $130.21 | 4.63M |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $129.30 | $130.60 | $128.3001 | $129.34 | 4.36M |
| Oct 28, 2026 | $129.77 | $131.00 | $127.98 | $128.20 | 6.34M |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $129.46 | $130.34 | $128.53 | $130.30 | 4.15M |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $129.84 | $130.60 | $128.825 | $129.22 | 2.93M |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $130.47 | $130.91 | $128.61 | $129.69 | 2.84M |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $127.79 | $131.04 | $127.79 | $130.64 | 3.45M |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $127.92 | $128.175 | $127.18 | $127.39 | 2.3M |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $126.385 | $127.79 | $125.84 | $127.22 | 2.51M |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $127.32 | $127.41 | $124.33 | $124.72 | 3.05M |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $125.11 | $127.40 | $124.56 | $127.14 | 3.41M |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $128.14 | $128.14 | $123.98 | $124.29 | 5.09M |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $126.15 | $126.76 | $125.25 | $126.13 | 3.74M |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $125.57 | $125.90 | $122.92 | $125.65 | 2.36M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $123.20 | $124.30 | $122.3805 | $124.23 | 1.91M |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $122.15 | $123.00 | $121.90 | $122.81 | 2.73M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $121.97 | $122.905 | $121.36 | $122.32 | 2.77M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $121.68 | $123.0025 | $121.2101 | $122.08 | 3.21M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $120.17 | $121.835 | $120.06 | $121.67 | 3.33M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $119.46 | $120.55 | $118.63 | $119.73 | 3.11M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $120.55 | $121.7975 | $119.37 | $119.57 | 5.54M |
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American Electric Power is one of the largest regulated utilities in the United States, providing electricity generation, transmission, and distribution to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. About 39% of AEP's capacity is coal, with the remainder from a mix of natural gas (28%), renewable energy and hydro (23%), nuclear (7%), and demand response (3%). Vertically integrated utilities, transmission and distribution, and generation and marketing support earnings.
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- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $127.50
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 21
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | — |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Jefferies | Buy | — |
| Oct 22, 2026 | HSBC | Buy | — |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | — |
| Oct 20, 2026 | BTIG | Buy | — |
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