American Electric Power Company Inc vs Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF — how do they compare? American Electric Power Company Inc trades at $123.61 (market cap $67.28B), while Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF trades at $166.41. The key difference: American Electric Power Company Inc pays a 3.07% dividend while Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF pays none, and Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, American Electric Power Company Inc nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AEP | VYM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $67.28B | — |
Sector | Utilities | — |
52-Week High | $138.69 | $166.14 |
52-Week Low | $106.44 | $136.63 |
Enterprise Value | $120.17B | — |
Dividend Yield | 3.07% | — |
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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 →The advisor employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, which consists of common stocks of companies that pay dividends that generally are higher than average. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of the fund's assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
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