American Electric Power Company Inc vs Emerson Electric Co. — how do they compare? American Electric Power Company Inc trades at $123.61 (market cap $66.87B), while Emerson Electric Co. trades at $165 (market cap $88.53B). The key difference: Emerson Electric Co. is the larger of the two by market cap, and American Electric Power Company Inc pays the higher dividend (3.09%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AEP | EMR | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $66.87B | $88.53B |
Sector | Utilities | Industrials |
52-Week High | $138.69 | $164.38 |
52-Week Low | $106.44 | $123.30 |
Enterprise Value | $119.77B | $99.60B |
Dividend Yield | 3.09% | 1.4% |
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American Electric Power is one of the largest regulated utilities in the United States, providing electricity generation, transmission, and distribution to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. About 43% of AEP's of capacity is coal, with the remainder from a mix of natural gas (27%), renewable energy and hydro (19%), nuclear (7%), and demand response (4%). Vertically integrated utilities, transmission and distribution, and generation and marketing support earnings.
Read more on AEP →Emerson Electric is a multi-industrial conglomerate that operates under two business platforms: automation solutions and commercial and residential solutions. The latter is further subdivided into two operating segments: climate technologies, which sells HVAC and refrigeration products and services as well as tools and home products, which sells tools and compressors, among other products and services. Commercial and residential solutions boasts several household brands, including Copeland and RIDGID. Automation solutions is most known for its process manufacturing solutions, which consists of measurement instrumentation, as well as valves and actuators, among other products and services. Roughly half of the firm's geographic sales take place in the United States.
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