profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
American Electric Power
$130.21+0.67% today
+6.8% in 1 year
1-year low $113.701-year high $138.69
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $19.81 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What American Electric Power sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $19.6 billion in 2022 to $21.9 billion in 2025, with $3.58 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
American Electric Power vs. similar companies
American Electric Power grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Electric Power | 19.8× · Fair price | ||
 The Southern | 24.8× · Fair price | ||
 Duke Energy | 20.0× · Fair price | ||
 National Grid | 19.4× · Fair price | ||
 Dominion Energy | 19.5× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads American Electric Power's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19,640 | 18,982 | 19,721 | 21,876 | |
| 11,292 | 11,128 | 12,460 | 13,346 | |
| 3,779 | 3,735 | 4,447 | 5,385 | |
| 7,102 | 7,203 | 8,099 | 9,239 | |
| 2,307 | 2,208 | 2,967 | 3,580 | |
| 4.49 | 4.24 | 5.58 | 6.66 | |
| 57.5% | 58.6% | 63.2% | 61.0% | |
| 19.2% | 19.7% | 22.5% | 24.6% | |
| 11.7% | 11.6% | 15.0% | 16.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 93,403 | 96,684 | 103,078 | 114,460 |
| Cash | 509 | 330 | 203 | 197 |
| Total debt | 41,579 | 43,609 | 45,763 | 49,508 |
| Total liabilities | 69,281 | 71,398 | 76,092 | 82,242 |
| 23,893 | 25,247 | 26,944 | 31,138 | |
| 513 | 520 | 531 | 537 | |
| 4.6% | 4.6% | 5.1% | 5.6% | |
| 9.7% | 8.7% | 11.0% | 11.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,288 | 5,012 | 6,804 | 6,944 | |
| 6,772 | 7,506 | 7,771 | 8,583 | |
| -1,484 | -2,494 | -967 | -1,639 | |
| Dividends paid | 1,645 | 1,752 | 1,898 | 2,008 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 19.8×
- 20.5×
- 1.41
- 2.2×
- 3.2×
- –
- 13.0×
- -2.3%
- 5.0%
- 3.0%
Profitability
- 61.0%
- 24.6%
- 16.4%
- 39.2%
- 4.7%
- 3.9%
- 11.9%
- 3.1%
- 4.9%
- –
Growth
- +3.7%
- +14.0%
- +2.2%
- +5.7%
- +0.9%
Financial health
- 5.9×
- 1.63
- 44.0%
- 2.5×
- 0.53
- 0.39
- 0.19
How it ranks in Utilities
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 41%of 400
Top 33%of 395
Bottom 42%of 366
Top 49%of 400
Bottom 37%of 400
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $136.20
- Range
- $107.00 – $150.00
- 10 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | 1.64 | 1.57 | +4.5% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | 1.19 | 1.15 | +3.5% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 1.80 | 1.81 | −0.6% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 1.43 | 1.27 | +12.6% |
| May 6, 2025 | 1.54 | 1.40 | +10.0% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | 1.24 | 1.25 | −0.8% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 1.85 | 1.80 | +2.8% |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 1.25 | 1.23 | +1.6% |
3.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$30a year at today's yield, before tax
+5.7%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$2.15 in 2015 → $3.74 in 2025
How safe it looks
56.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 29.5%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass. Context about the kind of company it is, not a recommendation.
Warren Buffett
56No pass
Benjamin Graham
53No pass
Philip Fisher
56No pass
Peter Lynch
45No pass
Joel Greenblatt
34No pass
Charlie Munger
53No pass
Terry Smith
48No pass
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