American Electric Power Company (AEP) Stock Overview

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. More details

AEP fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	1/6
Future Growth	2/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	1/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Price-To-Earnings ratio (16.9x) is below the German market (18.3x)

Earnings are forecast to grow 7.89% per year

Earnings grew by 38.8% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings

Dividend of 3.28% is not well covered by free cash flows

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for American Electric Power Company
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$98.40
52 Week High	US$107.00
52 Week Low	US$90.40
Beta	0.60
1 Month Change	-3.53%
3 Month Change	1.03%
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	52.11%
Change since IPO	293.60%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	AEP	DE Electric Utilities	DE Market
7D	0.8%	1.9%	1.0%
1Y	n/a	28.0%	15.1%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how AEP performed against the German Electric Utilities industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how AEP performed against the German Market.

Price Volatility

Is AEP's price volatile compared to industry and market?
AEP volatility
AEP Average Weekly Movement	2.9%
Electric Utilities Industry Average Movement	3.2%
Market Average Movement	5.1%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	12.0%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.5%

Stable Share Price: AEP has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine AEP's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1906	16,330	Bill Fehrman	www.aep.com

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, renewable, nuclear, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources; owns, operates, maintains, and invests in transmission infrastructure; and engages in wholesale energy trading and marketing business.

American Electric Power Company, Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do American Electric Power Company's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
AEP fundamental statistics
Market cap	€52.79b
Earnings (TTM)	€3.13b
Revenue (TTM)	€18.14b

16.9x

P/E Ratio

2.9x

P/S Ratio

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
AEP income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$21.26b
Cost of Revenue	US$10.96b
Gross Profit	US$10.29b
Other Expenses	US$6.63b
Earnings	US$3.66b

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2025

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	6.86
Gross Margin	48.42%
Net Profit Margin	17.23%
Debt/Equity Ratio	150.2%

How did AEP perform over the long term?

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Dividends

3.3%

Current Dividend Yield

54%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/01/03 09:47
End of Day Share Price	2026/01/02 00:00
Earnings	2025/09/30
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

American Electric Power Company, Inc. is covered by 32 analysts. 19 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Jacob Kilstein	Argus Research Company
Daniel Ford	Barclays
Nicholas Campanella	Barclays

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