Stocks · Utilities · Regulated Electric

American Electric Power Company, Inc. AEP

$119.57 -0.15% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $65.09B

High quality

Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Net debt is 6.2× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
  2. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
  3. The shares trade at 20.7× trailing earnings, higher than 81% of the company's own readings over the past five years.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Utilities sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth60Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 46%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 19%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 43%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 43%
Quality85Strong

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 15%
  • Gross marginTop 45%
  • Operating marginTop 14%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 33%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 33%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%
  • Interest coverTop 21%
Value31Weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 35%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 4%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 21%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 35%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 6%
Momentum68Positive

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 23%
  • 6-month returnTop 48%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 15%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 30%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 32%
Revisions22Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 21%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 14%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 25%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 39%
Stability74Positive

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 44%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 7%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 11%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)8.3%7.7%↓
EPS growth (YoY)30.4%-15.5%↓
Gross margin33.2%49.0%↑
Operating margin25.7%28.4%↑
FCF margin10.2%39.8%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)7.7%8.3%↓Top 46%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-15.5%30.4%↓Bottom 19%
Gross margin49.0%33.2%↑Top 45%
Operating margin28.4%25.7%↑Top 14%
Net margin13.9%17.4%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin39.8%10.2%↑—
Return on invested capital5.1%—Top 15%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR4.1%—Top 43%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
2.42×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-3.7%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+0.8 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
6.18×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.9×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
3.14%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-1.61%
Shareholder yield
1.53%
Share count change, 1 year
+2.6%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+2.2%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
5 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-0.2%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+1.0%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$140.22
Target vs current price
+17.3%
Analysts with a rating
36
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
61%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 30, 2026-8.1%-1.3%-2.3%-4.7%—
May 5, 2026+4.5%+1.8%-2.9%-5.6%-5.1%
Feb 12, 2026+3.5%+3.4%+5.0%+8.2%+6.5%
Oct 29, 2025-0.6%+6.1%+4.5%+5.6%+2.5%
Jul 30, 2025+12.6%+3.7%+3.7%+3.1%+7.4%
May 6, 2025+10.0%+0.0%-6.0%-4.3%+5.3%
Feb 13, 2025-0.8%-1.3%+2.0%+1.8%+2.3%
Nov 6, 2024+2.8%-4.1%-7.4%-4.1%-2.5%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 30, 2026$1.36$1.48-8.1%$5.45B
May 5, 2026$1.64$1.57+4.5%$6.02B
Feb 12, 2026$1.19$1.15+3.5%$5.31B
Oct 29, 2025$1.80$1.81-0.6%$6.01B
Jul 30, 2025$1.43$1.27+12.6%$5.09B
May 6, 2025$1.54$1.40+10.0%$5.46B
Feb 13, 2025$1.24$1.25-0.8%$4.70B
Nov 6, 2024$1.85$1.80+2.8%$5.42B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)20.7×19.0×81thBottom 35%
P/E (forward)18.7×———
EV / EBITDA13.7×——Bottom 21%
EV / Sales5.25×——Bottom 35%
Free-cash-flow yield13.76%——Top 4%
Earnings yield4.83%——Bottom 35%

P/E over the past five years

Range 16.0× – 23.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+6.0%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-15.5%
Change in P/E multiple
+33.5%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✓ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-4.4%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+0.1%
Distance from 50-day average
-3.5%
Distance from 200-day average
-5.9%
RSI (14)
41.9
Relative volume
1.36×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
16.4%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
15th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
-0.06
Correlation with S&P 500
-0.05
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-13.8%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-15.2%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Sep 12, 2022Oct 5, 2023-32.2%268 days345 days (Feb 21, 2025)
Oct 26, 2020Feb 26, 2021-20.0%84 days256 days (Mar 3, 2022)
Apr 6, 2022Jun 17, 2022-15.4%50 days39 days (Aug 15, 2022)
Jun 26, 2026Sep 24, 2026-15.2%62 daysNot yet recovered

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$65.09B
P/E (TTM)
20.7
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$5.78
Revenue (TTM)
$22.52B
Dividend yield
3.18%
52-week range
$111.73 – $140.58
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$16.62B$19.31B$19.38B$19.92B$21.78B
Gross profit$4.67B$4.87B$5.62B$6.36B$6.93B
Operating income$3.26B$3.40B$4.13B$4.76B$5.30B
Net income$2.49B$2.31B$2.21B$2.97B$3.58B
EPS (diluted)$4.96$4.49$4.24$5.58$6.66
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$5.49B$4.70B$5.64B$5.09B$6.01B$5.05B$6.02B$5.45B
Net income$959.6M$664.1M$800.2M$1.23B$972.0M$582.0M$874.0M$713.0M
EPS (diluted)$1.80$1.25$1.50$2.29$1.81$1.07$1.60$1.30
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$3.84B$5.29B$5.01B$6.80B$6.94B
Capital expenditure-$5.76B-$6.77B-$7.51B-$7.77B-$130.0M
Free cash flow-$1.92B-$1.48B-$2.49B-$966.3M$6.81B
Dividends paid-$1.52B-$1.65B-$1.76B-$1.90B-$2.01B
Net share buybacks$600.5M$826.5M$999.6M$552.1M$775.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$603.0M
Total assets
$121.57B
Total liabilities
$88.22B
Total debt
$53.50B
Net debt
$53.12B
Shareholders’ equity
$32.14B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 10, 2026$0.95Sep 10, 2026
May 8, 2026$0.95Jun 10, 2026
Feb 10, 2026$0.95Mar 10, 2026
Nov 10, 2025$0.95Dec 10, 2025
Aug 8, 2025$0.93Sep 10, 2025
May 9, 2025$0.93Jun 10, 2025
Feb 10, 2025$0.93Mar 10, 2025
Nov 8, 2024$0.93Dec 10, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
25,607,447
Days to cover
8.39
Change vs previous report
+5.2%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Oct 31, 1962
2-for-1