American Electric Power: A Reliable Dividend Play With Limited Upside

James O'Neil Overview Utilities are stable businesses that investors seek for dividend income. Some utilities like Vistra (VST) have raised their stock price hugely (Figure 1). I wonder if American Electric Power Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEP) can capture that growth and enjoy its high dividend yield (3.53%)   Figure 1: Seeking Alpha I recommend holding on to AEP because, as a regulated utility, it won’t capture the full potential of data centers' growing electricity needs. Even the new CEO is a tailwind fo ...