Stock · AEP · Utilities
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1970 · Revenue 12 mo. $22.5B
Price as of 11/06/2026
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.
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, nuclear, natural gas, renewable, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources; owns, operates, maintains, and invests in transmission infrastructure; and engages in the retail supply, and wholesale energy trading and marketing businesses. It operates approximately 252,000 circuit miles of distribution lines; 38,000 circuit miles of transmission lines; and 25,000 MWs of regulated owned generating capacity. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
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Summary
55.2 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
Required FCF growth per year
no growth
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 9.1×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 8.5× to 10.0×, median 8.7×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No indication in the stored figures.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No anomaly in the stored figures.
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
4 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 11.50% | 9.62% | Rank 67 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 5.70% | 6.41% | Rank 36 |
| EBIT margin | 24.33% | 19.18% | Rank 69 |
| FCF margin | 31.28% | −1.66% | Rank 96 |
| Gross margin | 31.81% | 29.12% | Rank 58 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 9.37% | 4.81% | Rank 71 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 15.27% | 7.55% | Rank 70 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 9.24% | 6.85% | Rank 66 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 0.60% | 28.08% | Rank 4 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 5.44% | 4.89% | Rank 59 |
| FCF yield | 9.90% | −0.91% | Rank 94 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 5.44 | 4.63 | Rank 40 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 22.38 | 21.24 | Rank 43 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −3.75% | −1.83% | Rank 44 |
| Share price, 6 months | −2.31% | 0.12% | Rank 38 |
| Share price, 3 months | 5.77% | 6.83% | Rank 42 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −8.77% | −9.51% | Rank 53 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 5.22% | 3.91% | Rank 38 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −2.10% | 0.35% | Rank 94 |
| Dividend streak in years | 21 | 8 | Rank 79 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −1.84% | 0.04% | Rank 20 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 26.56% | 28.29% | Rank 45 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 5.32 | 5.05 | Rank 47 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 1.61 | 1.51 | Rank 47 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 18.47% | 22.48% | Rank 71 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 16.3 | 20.9% | −$390.3M | 492M | 21.8 |
| 2017 | 15.4 | 21.7% | −$1.5B | 493M | 22.6 |
| 2018 | 16.2 | 16.8% | −$1.1B | 494M | 25.0 |
| 2019 | 15.5 | 17.5% | −$1.9B | 495M | 30.3 |
| 2020 | 14.9 | 20.0% | −$2.5B | 497M | 34.0 |
| 2021 | 16.6 | 19.6% | −$1.9B | 502M | 36.3 |
| 2022 | 19.3 | 17.6% | −$1.5B | 513M | 41.1 |
| 2023 | 19.4 | 21.3% | −$2.5B | 520M | 43.3 |
| 2024 | 19.9 | 23.9% | −$966.3M | 531M | 45.6 |
| 2025 | 21.8 | 24.3% | $6.8B | 520M | 50.0 |
4 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
American Electric Power Co Inc mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
American Electric Power Co Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
4 of 7 rules met
6 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for American Electric Power Co Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 18.4 | 19.8 |
| P/B ratio | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 11.5% | 9.6% |
| Equity ratio | 26.6% | 28.3% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 1.61 | 1.51 |
| Dividend yield | 3.0% | 3.3% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| AEP | American Electric Power Co Incthis page | |
| D | Dominion Energy Inc | Low1.8 |
| ETR | Entergy Corporation | Low1.8 |
| XEL | Xcel Energy Inc | Low0.0 |
| EXC | Exelon Corporation | locked |
| ED | Consolidated Edison Inc | locked |
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