American Electric Power (AEP) valuation against sector peers: P/E 19.1 (sector median 21.3), P/B 2.2, EV/EBIT 22.5, free-cash-flow yield 3.7%, P/S 3.1.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Utilities companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.

Metric	AEP	Sector median	vs median
P/E	19.1	21.3 · n=58	10% below
P/B	2.2	1.9 · n=62	16% above
P/S	3.1	3.0 · n=53	near the median
EV/EBIT	22.5	22.7 · n=56	near the median
Free-cash-flow yield	3.7%	−4.4% · n=50	—
Dividend yield	3.72%	2.97% · n=65	25% above
Return on equity	12.4%	9.6% · n=62	29% above
Return on invested capital	6.8%	5.7% · n=59	19% above
Gross margin	67.5%	64.1% · n=17	5% above
Net debt / EBITDA	5.85	5.38 · n=52	9% above

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.

Value factor: 58 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

Instrument	P/E	P/B	EV/EBIT	Free-cash-flow yield	Dividend yield	Smart Score
NEENextEra Energy	22.1	3.3	35.7	—	2.8%	1/10
SOSouthern	24.2	2.6	24.8	−3.3%	4.0%	4/10
DUKDuke Energy Corp	19.6	1.8	21.1	−3.3%	3.3%	6/10
CEGConstellation Energy	28.2	3.1	25.4	0.3%	0.6%	1/10
DDominion Energy Inc	20.5	2.1	25.5	—	3.9%	2/10
SRESempra	26.7	1.6	—	−11.4%	3.3%	—/10
XELXcel Energy	19.3	2.0	27.7	−14.8%	2.9%	1/10
ETREntergy Corporation	28.7	3.0	26.6	−5.5%	2.3%	2/10
EXCExelon Corporation	16.8	1.6	18.6	−4.6%	2.8%	5/10
VSTVistra	18.1	11.9	15.7	5.7%	0.7%	8/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 31 Mar 2026 · filed 05 May 2026

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