American Electric Power Company Inc vs Smith & Nephew plc — how do they compare? American Electric Power Company Inc trades at $123.63 (market cap $67.28B), while Smith & Nephew plc trades at $30.05 (market cap $12.54B). The key difference: American Electric Power Company Inc is far larger — about 5.4× Smith & Nephew plc's market cap, and American Electric Power Company Inc pays the higher dividend (3.07%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AEP | SNN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $67.28B | $12.54B |
Sector | Utilities | Health |
52-Week High | $138.69 | $38.70 |
52-Week Low | $106.44 | $28.73 |
Enterprise Value | $120.17B | $15.57B |
Dividend Yield | 3.07% | 2.65% |
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 →Smith & Nephew designs, manufactures, and markets orthopedic devices, sports medicine and arthroscopic technologies, and wound-care solutions. Roughly 42% of the U.K.-based firm's revenue comes from orthopedic products, and another 30% is sports medicine and ENT. The remaining 28% of revenue is from the advanced wound therapy segment. Roughly half of Smith & Nephew's total revenue comes from the United States, just over 30% is from other developed markets, and emerging markets account for the remainder.
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