American Electric Powervs.Exelon
AEP vs EXC · both in Utilities & power producers, part of the Energy, grid & critical infrastructure value chain: Electricity utilities and large power producers, from nuclear to renewable portfolios.
American Electric Power is about 1.5× larger than Exelon by market cap; Exelon trades at the lower P/E (16.9 vs 21.7); year to date, American Electric Power leads (+5.8% vs +1.7%).
Side by side
| AEP | EXC | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $68.2B | $47B |
| Price | $122.77 | $44.31 |
| Today | +0.6% | −0.1% |
| Return YTD | +5.8% | +1.7% |
| Return 1Y | +7.0% | −1.4% |
| P/E | 21.7 | 16.9 |
| P/S | 3.1 | 1.9 |
| P/B | 2.1 | 1.6 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
American Electric PowerAEP
Regulated transmission and distribution wires across 11 states, one of the largest such networks in the US.
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Distributes electricity and gas to several large US cities, ComEd and PECO among them.
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