Is American Electric Power (AEP) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows American Electric Power's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 17.7, a forward P/E of about 18.6, a price-to-book of about 2.2 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does American Electric Power's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (2.11×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is American Electric Power's revenue?

American Electric Power reported revenue of $21.7B for FY2025, with net profit of $3.7B, per official filings.

What is the share price of American Electric Power (AEP)?

American Electric Power last traded at $127.60 (+2.3% on the day), as of 10/20/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

American Electric Power

AEP · NASDAQ · Utilities · United States

Snapshot

TickerAEP

ExchangeNASDAQ

SectorUtilities

IndustryUtilities - Regulated Electric

CountryUnited States

Employees17,581

HeadquartersColumbus, United States

Websitewww.aep.com

Filings tracked20

About American Electric Power

American Electric Power Company, Inc., an electric public utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments. The company generates electricity using coal and lignite, nuclear, natural gas, renewable, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources; owns, operates, maintains, and invests in transmission infrastructure; and engages in the retail supply, and wholesale energy trading and marketing businesses. It operates approximately 252,000 circuit miles of distribution lines; 38,000 circuit miles of transmission lines; and 25,000 MWs of regulated owned generating capacity. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Who owns it

Insiders0.0%
Institutions94.4%
Public & other5.5%

2,435 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.10.28%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC7.16%
State Street Corporation6.20%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC4.73%
Invesco Ltd.3.94%
Morgan Stanley3.83%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.90%
Wellington Management Group, LLP2.80%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion2.11×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend11.4% → 17.0%

Margin has expanded by about 5.7 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Growth qualityrev 6% · PAT 29%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $5.5B · EPS 1.36

Est. earnings growth +13.9%

Next fiscal year

Rev $25.2B · EPS 6.87

Est. earnings growth +7.5%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$21.7B

Net margin

17.0%

ROE

11.9%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+5.6%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+29.2%

EPS (FY2025)

6.66

Net profit (FY2025)

$3.7B

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$21.7B	$3.7B	6.66	17.0%	11.9%
FY2024	$20.0B	$3.0B	5.58	14.9%	11.0%
FY2023	$19.5B	$2.2B	4.24	11.4%	8.8%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q1	$5.9B	$903.0M	1.60	15.3%
2025Q3	$6.0B	$1.0B	1.81	16.8%
2025Q2	$5.1B	$1.3B	2.29	25.5%
2025Q1	$5.6B	$802.0M	1.50	14.2%
2024Q3	$5.5B	$961.7M	1.80	17.6%
2024Q2	$4.7B	$342.5M	0.64	7.4%
2024Q1	$5.1B	$1.0B	1.90	19.8%
2023Q3	$5.3B	$958.3M	1.83	17.9%
2023Q2	$4.4B	$516.1M	1.01	11.8%
2023Q1	$4.7B	$400.4M	0.77	8.5%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC7/30/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/30/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC7/21/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Other events, Exhibits
SEC5/14/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC5/5/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/5/2026
8-K — Shareholder vote results, Exhibits
SEC4/29/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC2/17/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/12/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/12/2026
8-K — Other events
SEC1/8/2026material

2025

8-K — Bylaw/charter change, Exhibits
SEC12/29/2025material
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC12/19/2025material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC12/5/2025material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC11/25/2025material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC10/29/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC10/29/2025
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC9/25/2025material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/30/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC7/30/2025

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