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AEP · American Electric Power Company, Inc.

$129.22 -0.36% Oct 26 close
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$AEP

American Electric Power Company, Inc.

American Electric Power Company, Inc. is a large-cap Electric Utilities company in the Utilities sector with a market cap of $69B.

Utilities Electric Utilities stock Stage 3 · Topping Base 1
$129.22 latest close
Market Structure
Trend structure: range
Latest event: structure_shift (bullish)
Support 119.58–120.64 · 5 touches · strong
Resistance 134.47–135.42 · 4 touches · moderate
Support 124.68–125.08 · 3 touches · moderate
Support 123.31–123.90 · 3 touches · moderate
Resistance 129.51–130.22 · 3 touches · moderate
Earnings

Post-earnings setup

Next earnings Tuesday, October 27, 2026 Before market open Exact clock time not supplied by source

Deterministic evidence

AEP-0.36%
Sector proxy · XLU-0.02%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
Same completed session window ending 2026-10-26. AEP was -0.34 points vs XLU. -1.07 points vs SPY.
CatalystUnavailable Stock reactionNegative Sector reactionWeak Opening surge— Event riskEarnings-driven

Session internals Weak

Rule: closed flat-to-down and in the bottom third of the range. Judged on internals, not on the size of the move.

Vs prior close-0.36% From the open-0.46% Range position22% GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationDiverging (+1.11%) SMH confirmationDiverging (+2.74%)
Short-term conviction -1 points.
  • QQQ, SMH moved against the stock — no index confirmation.
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Price $129.22 -0.4% Oct 26 close
52W High $140.58 8.1% below high
Wks Since High 15w
Base Depth 17.0%
SMA 50 $123.08
Avg Vol 3,580,947
Rel Vol (Oct 26) 0.82× 1.21× on up days
More stats
52W Low $112.54
Tight Wks 2
Base B1
SMA 200 $127.86
ADR% 1.8%
ATR(14) $2.36 (1.8%)
Vol Pace (live) N/A
A/D Days 15A / 12D
A/D Rating A
Power Trend 7d
Earnings TODAY
Position in 52-week range 59thpercentile of the 52-week range
$112.54low
$140.58high

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Technical Analysis Report Card

$AEP · $129.22 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
67
/ 100
Buy

Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly

Daily ▲ Uptrend
Weekly ▬ Sideways / consolidating
Monthly ▬ Sideways / consolidating

Moving Averages

50-day$123.08 ↑
100-day$127.10 ↑
200-day$127.86 ↑
Bearish (50 < 200)

RSI (14)

Reading64.1 · Bullish

Bullish momentum — comfortably in buyer territory.

MACD (12/26/9)

StateBullish
Histogram+0.769

Bullish — MACD above its signal line and above zero. Histogram contracting.

Bollinger Bands (20,2)

%B / Width84% · 12.0%

Near the upper band — buyers in control.

Volume · Buyer vs Seller

Up/Down vol1.21 · Neutral
Rel volume0.82×
Pocket pivots · 10d0
5d vs 50d vol78%
Heavy vol up / down0 / 0

Balanced — up/down volume is roughly even; no clear hand. Recent volume is easing versus its baseline.

Support & Resistance

R · $130.22swing level
R · $132.12swing level
R · $137.16swing level
Price · $129.22now
S · $126.97swing level
S · $124.21swing level
S · $122.25swing level

Fibonacci · Downtrend swing

23.6%$122.34
38.2%$125.83
50.0% ◄ price here$128.65
61.8%$131.46
78.6%$135.47

Retracement resistance zones measured from the recent swing high down to the low.

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Daily uptrendAbove 200-day MA50/200 bearish
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Base & Breakout
Breakout follow-through

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RS Line vs SPY 52-week relative strength · blue = RS line · dashed = MA50 · dot = NH
99RS Line (52W)
Accumulation / Distribution last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol Net -3 A
A: 11 D: 14 Net: -365 sessions

No patterns detected

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Minervini Trend Template

5/8

Grades the price structure — moving-average stacking, distance from the 52-week high/low, and relative strength above the ≥70 uptrend bar. This is the technical trend check; the company's fundamentals and ≥80 RS leadership are scored separately in the Grade Card.

Price above SMA 150 & 200 $129.22 vs SMA150 $128.62 / SMA200 $127.86
SMA 150 above SMA 200 SMA150 $128.62 vs SMA200 $127.86
SMA 200 trending up Slope +0.91 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200 SMA50 $123.08
Price above SMA 50 $129.22 vs SMA50 $123.08
30%+ above 52-week low +14.8% from $112.54
Within 25% of 52-week high -8.1% from $140.58
RS score above 70 RS 50

Fundamentals

52W Range
59%
Mkt Cap SEC
69.3B
EPS QoQ
+38%
Rev YoY
+11%
ROE
12%
Gross Margin
42%
D/E
1.57
EPS TTM
$6.66
P/E TTM
19.4x
Float
544M
Insider
No Buy

Company

Company profile
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
AEP · NASDAQ · Utilities · Electric Utilities

Scan History

Jul 28: 61 (Trend Only)Jul 28: 61 (Trend Only)Jul 29: 61 (Trend Only)Jul 29: 61 (Trend Only)Jul 29: 62 (Trend Only)Jul 29: 70 (Trend Only)70
Jul 29
Trend Only ✓ Gate
70
Jul 29
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62 -0.1%
Jul 29
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61 -0.1%
Jul 29
Trend Only ✓ Gate
61 -0.1%
Jul 28
Trend Only ✓ Gate
61 -2.9%
Jul 28
Trend Only ✓ Gate
61 -2.9%

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