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AEP vs IDA
Side-by-side comparison of American Electric Power Company Inc. (AEP) and IDACORP Inc. (IDA): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both AEP and IDA operate in Electric Utilities: Central (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
- AEP is the larger of the two at $44.74B, about 5.8x IDA ($7.77B).
- Over the past year, AEP is up 26.0% and IDA is up 23.3% - AEP leads by 2.7 points.
- IDA has hit the wire 4 times in the past 4 weeks while AEP has been quiet.
- AEP has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 24 for IDA).
American Electric Power Company Inc.
American Electric Power Company, Inc., an electric public utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments. The company generates electricity using coal and lignite, natural gas, nuclear, and hydroelectric, as well as solar, wind, and other energy sources. It also supplies and markets electric power at wholesale to other electric utility companies, rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, and other market participants. The company owns, leases, or controls approximately 3,016 railcars, 411 barges, 6 towboats, and a coal handling terminal with approximately 18 million tons of annual capacity. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
IDACORP Inc.
IDACORP, Inc. engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, purchase, and sale of electric energy in the United States. The company operates 17 hydropower generating plants located in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon; three natural gas-fired plants in southern Idaho; and interests in two coal-fired steam electric generating plants located in Wyoming, Nevada, and Oregon. As of December 31, 2020, it had approximately 4,833 pole-miles of high-voltage transmission lines; 23 step-up transmission substations located at power plants; 21 transmission substations; 9 switching stations; 31 mixed-use transmission and distribution substations; 186 energized distribution substations; and 28,201 pole-miles of distribution lines, as well as provides electric utility services to approximately 587,000 retail customers in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. The company serves commercial and industrial customers, which involved in food processing, electronics and general manufacturing, agriculture, health care, government, and education. It also invests in housing and other real estate investments. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.
Latest AEP
- Roman DBDR Acquisition Corp. II Appoints Hunter Gary to Board of Directors and Al Basseri as Chief Technology Officer, Ahead of Proposed Business Combination with ThomasLloyd Climate Solutions
- SEC Form 8-K filed by American Electric Power Company Inc.
- SEC Form 424B5 filed by American Electric Power Company Inc.
- AEP ANNOUNCES PRICING OF COMMON STOCK OFFERING WITH A FORWARD COMPONENT
- SEC Form 424B5 filed by American Electric Power Company Inc.
- AEP ANNOUNCES PUBLIC OFFERING OF COMMON STOCK WITH A FORWARD COMPONENT
- AEP Names Andy Gurgol Vice President of Investor Relations
- Hut 8 Commercializes First Phase of 1 GW Beacon Point AI Data Center Campus with 15-Year, 352 MW IT Lease with Base-Term Contract Value of $9.8 Billion
- Controller, CAO Dixon Kate covered exercise/tax liability with 636 units of Resticted Stock Units, decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 17,780 units (SEC Form 4)
- President AEP Transmission Cannon Douglas A covered exercise/tax liability with 1,770 units of Resticted Stock Units, decreasing direct ownership by 6% to 25,655 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest IDA
- VP of Cust Op & CSO (IPC) Hanchey James Bo D sold $211,418 worth of shares (1,500 units at $140.95), decreasing direct ownership by 41% to 2,138 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Miller Sharon L. was granted 689 shares (SEC Form 4)
- IDACORP Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- New insider Miller Sharon L. claimed no ownership of stock in the company (SEC Form 3)
- IDACORP Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- SEC Form 424B5 filed by IDACORP Inc.
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G/A filed by IDACORP Inc.
- IDACORP Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by IDACORP Inc.
- IDACORP, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2026 Results, Reaffirms 2026 Earnings Guidance