Valuation

AEPAmerican Electric Power

StockNasdaqUnited StatesUtilitiesEU retail investors: available

+0.4% today · +7.5% over a year

7/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 65% of the instruments we score

Stability: among the best of its peers. Dividend yield 3.73%.

American Electric Power (AEP) valuation against sector peers: P/E 19.0 (sector median 21.2), 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.
MetricAEPSector medianvs median
P/E19.021.2 · n=5810% below
P/B2.21.9 · n=6215% above
P/S3.13.0 · n=53near the median
EV/EBIT22.522.8 · n=56near the median
Free-cash-flow yield3.7%−4.4% · n=50—
Dividend yield3.73%2.95% · n=6527% above
Return on equity12.4%9.6% · n=6229% above
Return on invested capital6.8%5.7% · n=5919% above
Gross margin67.5%64.1% · n=175% above
Net debt / EBITDA5.855.38 · n=529% above

Value factor: 56 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

NEENextEra Energy22.03.335.5—2.8%1/10
SOSouthern24.22.624.8−3.3%4.0%4/10
DUKDuke Energy Corp19.81.821.2−3.3%3.3%6/10
CEGConstellation Energy27.43.024.70.3%0.6%1/10
DDominion Energy Inc20.62.125.5—3.9%2/10
XELXcel Energy19.32.027.7−14.8%2.9%2/10
SRESempra26.61.6—−11.4%3.3%—/10
ETREntergy Corporation28.72.926.6−5.5%2.3%2/10
EXCExelon Corporation16.81.618.5−4.6%2.8%5/10
VSTVistra17.711.615.55.9%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