American Electric Power Company, Inc.

AEP Utilities Utilities Regulated Electric

American Electric Power Company, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $21.9 billion, up 10.9% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+13.7%
EPS
+22.9%
Free cash flow
−376.1%
Total debt
+15.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

126.78 2.46 −1.90%
Market cap
$69.0B
P/E
20.3×
Fwd P/E
20.1×
Dividend yield
3.00%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
0.91
Beneish M
−2.50
Dividend safety
43/100

American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP) Free cash flow margin

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American Electric Power Company, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −17.3%, down 10.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−7.38%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.2% (fiscal 2020) to 4.09% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is below the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of −11.7% and below the Utilities sector median of −9.94%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 −7.38% (4.31)
FY2024 −3.07% 3.00
FY2023 −6.07% 0.38
FY2022 −6.45% 4.30
FY2021 −10.8% 5.42
FY2020 −16.2% (4.13)
FY2019 −12.0% (5.04)
FY2018 −7.00% (11.09)
FY2017 4.09% 7.12
FY2016 −3.03% (3.90)

Against its own ten years

Low −16.2% High 4.09%
Ten-year median −6.45%
Current reading's percentile 36

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
SO Southern Company (The) compare 33.6%
ED Consolidated Edison Inc compare 23.8%
NGG National Grid Transco, PLC compare 0.00%
EXC Exelon Corporation compare −9.96%
DUK Duke Energy Corporation compare −15.3%
AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. −17.3%
ETR Entergy Corporation compare −26.2%
D Dominion Energy Inc. compare −32.7%
XEL Xcel Energy Inc. compare −51.2%
Utilities Regulated Electric industry median −11.7%
Utilities sector median −9.94%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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