American Electric Power AEP
$126.53 −$0.24 (-0.19%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $126.53 0.00%
Open$124.88
Prev close$126.77
Day range$124.23 – $127.16
Volume3.67M
Market cap$68.90B
P/E (TTM)20.7
Dividend yield3.00%
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Institutional ownership94.2%+0.04 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,189-29 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)4 buys / 8 sellsNet selling
Short interest4.98% of floatDays to cover 7.9 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share17.9%5-day average of daily volume
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$42.87M (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).
Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions
Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.
The five largest holders on file together own 29.7% of shares outstanding.
Largest holders
By investor type
Reported short interest has fallen from 5.77% to 4.98% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).
Recent institutional activity
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +706,651 | 0.1% |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +7,883,530 | 4.3% |
| Putnam LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +7,716,691 | 1.4% |
| Bank of America Corporation | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +6,456,090 | 1.5% |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +5,717,442 | 1.4% |
| Morgan Stanley | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +4,596,482 | 2.8% |
| BlackRock | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +3,226,328 | 9.4% |
| FMR | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +3,082,751 | 1.5% |
| Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,691,243 | 0.3% |
| Citigroup Inc. | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +1,405,285 | 0.8% |
| Pictet Asset Management Limited | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,090,254 | 0.5% |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +984,469 | 0.3% |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +949,366 | 0.4% |
| CBRE Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +803,003 | 0.3% |
| Jennison Associates LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +782,496 | 0.2% |
Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2026 | Quinton Lies | President of Nuclear Development | Initial Statement of Beneficial | +0 | – | 2,338 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | Joseph Moore | Executive Vice President of Operational Excellence | Initial Statement of Beneficial | +0 | – | 684 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | Douglas Cannon | President of AEP Transmission | Other Acquisition | +20,044 | $124.72 | 39,894 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | Robert Berntsen | General Counsel | Other Acquisition | +20,044 | $124.72 | 35,654 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Robert Berntsen | General Counsel | Sale to Issuer | -1,425 | $119.75 | 4,795 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Kelly Ferneau | Executive VP & Chief Nuclear Officer | Sale to Issuer | -362 | $119.75 | 15,364 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Charles Meyers | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +379 | – | 379 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | David Marriott | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +379 | – | 379 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Art Garcia | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +0 | – | 3,256 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Benjamin Gwynn Fowke | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +0 | – | 7,504 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Sandra Lin | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +0 | – | 20,326 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Margaret McCarthy | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +0 | – | 4,071 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Lewis Von Thaer | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +0 | – | 8,763 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Joseph Sauvage | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +0 | – | 2,213 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Daniel Stoddard | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +0 | $118.64 | 1,645 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Daniel Stoddard | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +0 | – | 5,606 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Daryl Roberts | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +0 | – | 1,147 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | Kate Dixon | Chief Accounting Officer | Automatic Disposition | -2,000 | $125.00 | 6,248 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | William Fehrman | Chairperson & CEO | Sale to Issuer | -6,283 | $128.32 | 28,952 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | Greg Hall | Executive Vice President | Sale to Issuer | -1,741 | $128.32 | 22,695 |
From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.
Short interest, by report
| Report date | Shares short | % of float | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 27,085,172 | 5.0% | 7.9 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 29,468,689 | 5.4% | 6.3 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 25,607,447 | 4.7% | 8.4 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 24,341,866 | 4.5% | 7.2 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 23,333,138 | 4.3% | 6.2 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 31,424,687 | 5.8% | 8.2 |
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