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Also see: AEP Shares Outstanding History and AEP YTD Return |
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| About American Electric Power Co Inc |
| American Electric Power Company is a public utility holding company. The public utility subsidiaries of Co. provide electric service, consisting of generation, transmission and distribution, on an integrated basis to their retail customers. The service areas of Co.'s public utility subsidiaries cover portions of the states of Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Transmission networks are interconnected with distribution facilities in the territories served. Co.'s service company subsidiary provides accounting, administrative, information systems, engineering, financial, legal, maintenance and other services. We show 55 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our AEP shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute AEP market cap on those dates. Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing share price, and the resulting changing American Electric Power market cap history over the course of time is important for investors interested in comparing American Electric Power's market cap history versus its peers. Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies, and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of American Electric Power versus a peer is one thing; comparing American Electric Power market cap versus a peer is a completely different story. Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares), the market cap for a company like American Electric Power can fluctuate over the course of history. With this page we aim to empower investors researching American Electric Power by allowing them to research the American Electric Power market cap history. |
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| American Electric Power (AEP) is categorized under the Utilities sector; to help you further research historical market cap numbers, below are some other companies in the same sector:
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