AEP

American Electric Power
Electric Utilities · Utilities · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$119.73
+0.1% on the session
1-year return
+8.8%
-8.2% over six months
Volatility
18.9%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-14.6%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

American Electric Power is a electric utilities name in the utilities sector. Over the past year it returned +8.8%, against -12.3% over three months and -4.0% over one. It sits 4.7% below its 200-day average, close enough that the trend is undecided. Annualized volatility of 18.9% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -14.6%, and it has traded a median $458M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate -0.02 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Utilities#8 of 31
Stronger than 77% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#290 of 496

How AEP scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 14 others in Electric Utilities.

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Full metrics
1 day+0.1%
1 week+1.3%
1 month-4.0%
3 months-12.3%
6 months-8.2%
1 year+8.8%
12-1 momentum+13.4%
Volatility (1y, annualized)18.9%
Max drawdown (1y)-14.6%
Distance vs 200-day average-4.7%
Return per unit of risk0.47
Median daily dollar volume$458M
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