Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. American Electric Power Company Inc shares valued at $543,250 were sold by FOWKE BENJAMIN G S III on Sep 12 ’25. At $108.65 per share, FOWKE BENJAMIN G S III sold 5,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 40,898 shares worth approximately $4.4 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, FOWKE BENJAMIN G S III purchased 5,000 shares, netting a total of over 543,250 in proceeds.
Before that, FOWKE BENJAMIN G S III had sold 5,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $559,950, the Director traded American Electric Power Company Inc shares for $111.99 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 5,000 shares, worth approximately $4.93 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Raymond James on June 13, 2025, American Electric Power Company Inc [AEP] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $115. Analysts at Guggenheim upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late January. As of January 13, 2025, BofA Securities has increased its “an Underperform” rating to a “Buy” for AEP. Earlier on December 12, 2024, Scotiabank downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Sector perform” for AEP stock which previously was a “a Sector outperform”.
Analyzing AEP Stock Performance
On last trading session, American Electric Power Company Inc [NASDAQ: AEP] rose 0.64% to $107.52. The stock’s lowest price that day was $107.11, but it reached a high of $107.925 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.75%. Over the course of the year, American Electric Power Company Inc shares have jumped approximately 3.22%.
Is American Electric Power Company Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of American Electric Power Company Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 0.72 million shares to 22.8 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 22.08 million shares. A jump of 3.17% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 6.33 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 6.33.
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In terms of American Electric Power Company Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 114 in the next 12 months, up nearly 6.7% from the previous closing price of $106.84. Analysts anticipate American Electric Power Company Inc stock to reach 115 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 113. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked American Electric Power Company Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On December 12, 2024, JP Morgan assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $102.
