American Electric Power Company Inc vs J M Smucker Co — how do they compare? American Electric Power Company Inc trades at $123.63 (market cap $67.28B), while J M Smucker Co trades at $117.5 (market cap $12.54B). The key difference: American Electric Power Company Inc is far larger — about 5.4× J M Smucker Co's market cap, and J M Smucker Co pays the higher dividend (3.82%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AEP | SJM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $67.28B | $12.54B |
Sector | Utilities | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $138.69 | $126.35 |
52-Week Low | $106.44 | $89.53 |
Enterprise Value | $120.17B | $19.57B |
Dividend Yield | 3.07% | 3.82% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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 →J.M. Smucker is a packaged food company that primarily operates in the U.S. retail channel (87% of fiscal 2022 revenue), but also in U.S. food-service (7%), and international (6%). Its largest segment is pet food and treats (36% of 2022 revenue), with popular brands such as Milk-Bone, Meow Mix, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits, Nature's Recipe, and Rachael Ray Nutrish. Its second-largest category is coffee (35% across channels) with the number-two brand Folgers and number-six Dunkin'. Other large categories are peanut butter (10%), with number-one Jif, fruit spreads (5%) with number-one Smucker's, and frozen hand-held foods (6%) with number-one Uncrustables.
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