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AMERICAN ELEC PWR INC (NYSE)
AEP 39.88 0.27 (0.68%) Vol.  3,998,413 16:01 ET

Zacks Rank: 3 - Hold


Day Low - High 39.37 - 40.02
52wk Low - High 33.09 - 41.98
Avg Volume 5,123,333
Industry UTIL-ELEC PWR
Market Cap 19.13 B
Div - Yield 1.88 - 4.75
PE (forward) 12.5
PEG Ratio 3.12
Current Year Est. 3.17
EPS Last Year 3.12
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Top Peers Ticker Zacks Rank
AMERICAN ELEC PWR INC AEP 3
PIKE ELECTRIC PIKE 1
CHINA RES POWER CRPJY 1
ATCO LTD X T.ACO 2
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 2.47
ABR (Last Week) 2.47
# of Recs in ABR 17
Average Target Price 42.03
Rank in Industry 44 out of 86
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Feb 07, 2012
AEP Announces Live Webcast of Analyst and Investor Meeting Feb. 10 - Story Title - Comtex
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Feb 03, 2012
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
03/2012
Next Quarter
06/2012
This Year
12/2012
Next Year
12/2013
Average Estimate 0.81 0.67 3.17 3.29
Number of Estimates 7 7 18 14
Low Estimates 0.51 0.41 3.07 3.16
High Estimate 0.95 0.77 3.25 3.39
Year Ago EPS 0.82 0.73 3.12 3.17
EPS Growth -0.87% -8.02% 1.58% 3.71%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
American Electric Power is a public utility holding company which owns, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding common stock of its domestic electric utility subsidiaries and varying percentages of other subsidiaries. Substantially all of the operating revenues of AEP and its subsidiaries are derived from the furnishing of electric service. The Company's operations are divided into three business segments: Wholesale, Energy Delivery and Other.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 3.12
Sales 15116
Net Income 1941
Price/Earnings 12.7
Price/Book 1.3
Price/Cash Flow 5.93
Price/Sales 1.27


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