American Electric Power Company, Inc.
AEP · Price history
Price at last available close
$129.92
+$11.72 (+9.92%) 1M
2026-10-28
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Company & revenue
About American Electric Power Company, Inc.
Primary reporting period: 2025-12-31 · Research updated Oct 14, 2026. A research update is not a new financial filing.
Who they are
American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP) operates as a prominent electric utility holding company, with its core business encompassing the generation, transmission, and delivery of electricity. Serving both retail and wholesale clients across the United States, AEP organizes its extensive operations into several key segments: Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing. The firm produces its electrical power from a diverse portfolio of energy sources, including coal, lignite, natural gas, nuclear, hydroelectric, solar, and wind power, alongside other emerging technologies.
How they make money
American Electric Power operates regulated electric utilities and transmission businesses in multiple U.S. states. Customer electric bills and approved transmission rates fund generation, distribution and grid investment, subject to regulatory oversight. The FY2025 combined Form 10-K includes several operating utilities, so performance should be analyzed by utility, jurisdiction, allowed return and capital spending rather than assuming a single national tariff.
Brands & revenue mix
No separate brand or brand-level revenue disclosure was confirmed in the reviewed sources. This does not mean the company has no brands.
Product / operating segments
No reconciled product or operating-segment revenue breakdown is available for the current research period. Company-wide revenue remains separate from segment disclosure.
Geographic revenue
No reconciled geographic revenue breakdown was confirmed for the current research period.
Customer types
Customer categories were not separately identified in the reviewed source set.
Customer concentration
No quantified customer-concentration disclosure is available in the current saved research.
Strengths
- Large regulated utility footprint — Research interpretation: electric utility service territories provide recurring demand, while transmission investment can expand regulated asset bases when approved. This does not guarantee a particular allowed return.Source
Risks
- Capital recovery and regulation — Research interpretation: large grid and generation spending requires financing and regulatory cost recovery; unfavorable rate decisions, severe weather and fuel costs can pressure returns.Source
Wall Street Score
Overall investment score · Quality, value, risk and opportunity
34
Poor
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Company Quality
How good is the actual business—regardless of today’s stock price?
55
Fair
Financial Strength
49
Business Quality / Moat
74
Management
42
Growth Quality
43
Risk / Durability
68
Uses financial strength, moat, management, growth quality and durability. It excludes share price, P/E, market cap, intrinsic value and margin of safety.
Opportunity
Opportunity Score · How does the current price compare with estimated value?
31
Avoid
Based on current valuation, company quality, recent trends, and available market signals.
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Model Outlook
12-month model · What does the model think happens next?
38/100
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Model Score 38/100 — estimates relative performance potential, distinct from the overall Wall Street Score and the separate Company Quality score.
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WSS View
The quick read
The overall Wall Street Score is low across its combined quality, valuation and risk inputs. This can reflect an expensive share price, business weaknesses, or both; check Company Quality and the category breakdown before drawing a conclusion.
At today’s price, the WSS valuation framework currently reads as less attractive based on the available valuation and market data.
The model outlook is currently cautious.
No strong positive signal is being highlighted from the currently available summary data.
- •Valuation is a weaker part of the current profile
- •Revenue fundamentals are weak
- •Debt / balance-sheet profile needs attention
Company-specific research
Questions worth answering for AEP
These questions are generated from this company's current financial and score data so the page adds context instead of treating the headline score as a stand-alone conclusion.
- •Can AEP maintain its current revenue growth rate and improve the amount of that revenue that turns into earnings and cash?
- •Is AEP's positive free cash flow repeatable, or is the current level being helped by temporary working-capital or spending changes?
- •Is AEP's debt load manageable relative to cash generation, interest costs and upcoming maturities?
- •What future growth or profitability would be needed to justify AEP's current valuation?
Essential Investment Snapshot
Wall Street Score
34
Opportunity Score
31
Market Cap
$70.77B
P/E Ratio
22.4
EPS
$5.82
52-Week High
$140.58
52-Week Low
$112.54
Beta
0.47
Intrinsic Value
$97.08
Analyst Target
$140.00
Shares Outstanding
520.2M
Total Revenue
$22.52B
Total Debt
$53.50B
Dividend Yield (TTM)
2.92%
Liquidation Value / Share
$64.11
Dividend / Share (TTM)
$3.80
Momentum & Volatility Signals
Two different market-behavior signals. Momentum measures direction and trend strength. Volatility measures how large and unstable the price moves are, regardless of direction.
Building upward momentum
Low movement
A high momentum score means price has been trending upward with confirming short- and medium-term strength. A low score means downward or weakening momentum.
A high volatility score means larger, less stable price swings. It can happen while a stock is rising or falling, so high volatility is not automatically bullish or bearish.
Important: the volatility score above is based on realized price volatility. Implied volatility (IV) comes from options prices and represents the market's expected future movement. Wall Street Score will keep IV separate and will only display it when a verified options-chain feed is available.
Notices for AEP
Detected from reported data — verify before acting.Dividend history reported
Dividend payments are recorded. Review the dates and regular/special classification below; past payments do not guarantee future dividends.
Community Sentiment
0 active · 0 total callsNo personal call yet on AEP.
Potential upside factors
- +Growth opportunities may come from revenue expansion, margin improvement, new products, market-share gains, and stronger cash flow.
- +Research interpretation: electric utility service territories provide recurring demand, while transmission investment can expand regulated asset bases when approved. This does not guarantee a particular allowed return.
- +Positive free cash flow may provide capacity to invest in growth.
Potential downside factors
- −Key risks may include competition, margin pressure, debt levels, valuation risk, and changes in demand within the Regulated Electric industry.
- −Research interpretation: large grid and generation spending requires financing and regulatory cost recovery.
- −unfavorable rate decisions, severe weather and fuel costs can pressure returns.
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Scores
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Score Changes
6 historical score records availablePrevious Score
35
Oct 1, 2026
Change
-0.6
points
Current Score
34
Oct 28, 2026
Category Changes
AEP decreased 0.6 points because Asset declined by 2.2 points, Capital declined by 4 points.
Negative Contributors
- − Asset declined by 2.2 points
- − Capital declined by 4 points
Projected Score
Projected Score
32
Projected Change
-2.2 points
Preliminary comparable-period financial changes suggest decline of approximately 2.2 points. This is a projected estimate, not the official WallStreetScore.
Price vs. Value
OvervaluedCurrent Price
$129.99
Model Intrinsic Value
$97.08
Difference
+$32.91
+33.9% vs IV
Margin of Safety
-33.9%
Financial Charts
Revenue
Additional Metrics
Operating Cash Flow
Total Debt
Total Assets
Net Margin %
Free includes 3 annual periods plus available TTM; Premium includes up to 10 annual periods. History depends on available company filings. Swipe the table horizontally to see older periods. A dash means unavailable, not zero.
| Line Item | TTM | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $22.52B | $21.78B | $19.92B | $19.38B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Cost of Revenue | $11.49B | $14.85B | $13.56B | $13.76B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Gross Profit | $11.03B | $6.93B | $6.36B | $5.62B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Research & Development | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| SG&A Expenses | $814.0M | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Operating Expenses | $4.64B | $1.63B | $1.60B | $1.49B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| EBITDA | $8.60B | $9.34B | $8.09B | $7.21B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Operating Income | $6.39B | $5.30B | $4.76B | $4.13B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Interest Expense | $2.18B | $2.03B | $1.86B | $1.81B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Income Before Tax | $3.55B | $3.83B | $2.94B | $2.27B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Income Tax Expense | $350.4M | $129.0M | -$39.2M | $54.6M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Net Income | $3.14B | $3.58B | $2.97B | $2.21B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Basic EPS | $5.82 | $6.66 | $5.60 | $4.26 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Basic Shares | 544M | 519M | 530M | 519M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Diluted Shares | 551M | 520M | 531M | 520M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
Earnings Summary
Revenue
$5.45B
Estimate unavailable.
Revenue Beat/Miss
Not available (no estimate stored)
EPS
$1.30
Estimate unavailable.
EPS Beat/Miss
Not available (no estimate stored)
Debt Change
+14.7%
Cash Change
+65.0%
Margin Change
-11.0 pp
Debt and cash show percentage changes versus the comparison period; margin shows the change in percentage points (pp). These are company-wide changes, not per-share amounts.
Financial Changes Since Prior Period
What Improved
- Cash position grew
What Weakened
- Margins contracted
- Debt increased
Potential Score Impact
Positive indicators included revenue growth, cash levels. Pressure indicators included EPS growth, debt levels, net income margin. These factors may support or pressure the Revenue, Management, Financial, and Debt categories; this summary does not claim that the stored scores changed.
Stored Earnings Analysis
Revenue increased 7.0%. EPS declined 43.2%. Cash increased 65.0%. Total debt increased 14.7%. Net income margin declined by 11.0 percentage points.
Earnings-Call Transcript
Earnings-call transcript analysis is not currently available.
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Insider Activity
Guru / Smart Money
Guru Score
45
Smart Money
45
Number of Gurus
3
Total Guru Value
Avg Portfolio Weight
Largest Holder
Largest Holder %
New Positions
Increased Positions
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Exited Positions
Net Guru Sentiment
Short Interest
Dividend History
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