American Electric Power Company, Inc.

BIT:1AEP Stock Report

Market Cap: €50.8b

American Electric Power Company Valuation

Is 1AEP undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 1AEP when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€103.39
Fair Value
7.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
17
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: 1AEP (€95.2) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€103.39)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 1AEP is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 1AEP?

Key metric: As 1AEP is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 1AEP. This is calculated by dividing 1AEP's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 1AEP's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio19.3x
EarningsUS$2.97b
Market CapUS$57.38b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 1AEP's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 1AEP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average20.4x
ENEL Enel
11.5x1.5%€77.9b
TRN Terna
16.7x3.6%€17.4b
EVISO eVISO
39.9x29.7%€238.9m
SRG Snam
13.4x3.5%€16.8b
1AEP American Electric Power Company
19.3x8.3%€57.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 1AEP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.3x) compared to the peer average (20.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 1AEP's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Electric Utilities Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
1AEP 19.3xIndustry Avg. 12.4xNo. of Companies10PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 1AEP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.3x) compared to the European Electric Utilities industry average (12.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 1AEP's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

1AEP PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19.3x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate 1AEP's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 1AEP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€95.20
€94.56
-0.7%
5.8%€103.49€84.03n/a17
Apr ’26n/a
€97.48
0%
5.7%€107.52€88.06n/a17
Mar ’26n/a
€97.39
0%
6.1%€110.62€88.68n/a17
Feb ’26n/a
€96.79
0%
6.0%€111.91€88.75n/a17
Jan ’26n/a
€95.77
0%
7.2%€111.17€82.42n/a18
Dec ’25n/a
€96.01
0%
7.2%€110.72€82.09n/a18
Nov ’25n/a
€93.83
0%
8.0%€104.37€79.43n/a18
Oct ’25n/a
€90.34
0%
7.0%€99.73€77.27n/a18
Sep ’25n/a
€89.91
0%
6.6%€100.22€77.65n/a17
Aug ’25n/a
€89.58
0%
6.3%€99.16€76.92n/a17
Jul ’25n/a
€84.39
0%
6.3%€93.44€75.69n/a17
Jun ’25n/a
€82.36
0%
7.8%€92.07€67.21n/a17
May ’25n/a
€82.51
0%
6.5%€92.59€68.28€94.8017
Apr ’25n/a
€79.70
0%
6.8%€91.19€67.24n/a17
Mar ’25n/a
€80.04
0%
6.3%€91.36€69.67n/a17
Feb ’25n/a
€80.16
0%
6.5%€91.31€69.63n/a17
Jan ’25n/a
€78.74
0%
6.6%€89.45€67.31n/a17
Dec ’24n/a
€79.96
0%
6.8%€90.96€68.45n/a16
Nov ’24n/a
€84.92
0%
7.6%€94.62€71.44n/a17
Oct ’24n/a
€89.04
0%
7.0%€100.36€71.48n/a17
Sep ’24n/a
€87.76
0%
8.0%€104.02€68.58n/a17
Aug ’24n/a
€88.25
0%
6.1%€102.89€79.67n/a16
Jul ’24n/a
€89.16
0%
6.4%€103.55€80.19n/a16
Jun ’24n/a
€94.93
0%
5.3%€105.73€81.87n/a15
May ’24n/a
€93.02
0%
6.3%€103.46€78.95n/a14
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 17 Analysts
€94.51
Fair Value
0.7% overvalued intrinsic discount
17
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/04 19:59
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/02 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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

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Analyst Sources

American Electric Power Company, Inc. is covered by 38 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jacob KilsteinArgus Research Company
Nathan JudgeAtlantic Equities LLP
Nicholas CampanellaBarclays