American Electric Power $AEP

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$127.44
+2.72 (+2.18%)
As of Oct 20, 2026, 12:45 PM EDT
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52-week range (closes)
$113.70 – $138.69 Lowest close Jan 7, 2026, highest Jun 26, 2026; 251 daily closes to Oct 13, 2026 from Dalsna Finance's price archive
Next earnings
Oct 28, 2026, before the open · EPS forecast $2.01 Nasdaq earnings calendar, as of Oct 20, 2026
Fiscal year ends
December Fiscal 2025 ended Dec 31, 2025, from SEC filings
In the S&P 500 since
Mar 4, 1957 · All S&P 500 changes
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Dec 21, 2020, replacing BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Citrix Systems (CTXS), Expedia (EXPE), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) and Ulta Beauty (ULTA) · Annual index reconstitution. · All Nasdaq-100 changes

American Electric Power (AEP) is trading up at $127.44 (+2.18%) on NASDAQ, as of the latest quote. It is a S&P 500 constituent in the Utilities sector.

American Electric Power revenue & net income history (FY2016–FY2025)

RevenueNet incomeNet margin (right axis, %)
$21.9B$10.9B$0FY2016 revenue: $16.4BFY2016 net income: $610.9M · Net margin 3.7%'16FY2017 revenue: $15.4BFY2017 net income: $1.91B · Net margin 12.4%'17FY2018 revenue: $16.2BFY2018 net income: $1.92B · Net margin 11.9%'18FY2019 revenue: $15.6BFY2019 net income: $1.92B · Net margin 12.3%'19FY2020 revenue: $14.9BFY2020 net income: $2.20B · Net margin 14.7%'20FY2021 revenue: $16.8BFY2021 net income: $2.49B · Net margin 14.8%'21FY2022 revenue: $19.6BFY2022 net income: $2.31B · Net margin 11.7%'22FY2023 revenue: $19.5BFY2023 net income: $2.21B · Net margin 11.3%'23FY2024 revenue: $20.0BFY2024 net income: $2.97B · Net margin 14.9%'24FY2025 revenue: $21.9BFY2025 net income: $3.58B · Net margin 16.4%'250%5%10%15%20%FY2016 net margin: 3.7%FY2017 net margin: 12.4%FY2018 net margin: 11.9%FY2019 net margin: 12.3%FY2020 net margin: 14.7%FY2021 net margin: 14.8%FY2022 net margin: 11.7%FY2023 net margin: 11.3%FY2024 net margin: 14.9%FY2025 net margin: 16.4%
American Electric Power annual financial statements
FY2016Dec 2016FY2017Dec 2017FY2018Dec 2018FY2019Dec 2019FY2020Dec 2020FY2021Dec 2021FY2022Dec 2022FY2023Dec 2023FY2024Dec 2024FY2025Dec 2025
Income statement
Revenue$16.4B$15.4B$16.2B$15.6B$14.9B$16.8B$19.6B$19.5B$20.0B$21.9B
Growth (year over year)−0.4%−5.8%+5.0%−3.9%−4.1%+12.6%+17.0%−0.9%+2.6%+9.5%
Gross profit——————$12.5B$12.9B$14.0B$14.8B
Gross margin——————63.9%66.2%70.3%67.9%
Operating income$1.16B$3.52B$2.68B$2.59B$2.99B$3.41B$3.48B$3.56B$4.30B$5.32B
Operating margin7.1%22.9%16.6%16.7%20.0%20.3%17.7%18.3%21.6%24.3%
Net income$610.9M$1.91B$1.92B$1.92B$2.20B$2.49B$2.31B$2.21B$2.97B$3.58B
Net margin3.7%12.4%11.9%12.3%14.7%14.8%11.7%11.3%14.9%16.4%
EPS (diluted)$1.24$3.88$3.90$3.88$4.42$4.96$4.49$4.24$5.58$6.66
Balance sheet
Cash and equivalents$210.5M$214.6M$234.1M$246.8M$392.7M$403.4M$509.4M$330.1M$203.0M$197.0M
Total assets$63.5B$64.7B$68.8B$75.9B$80.8B$87.7B$93.4B$96.7B$103.1B$114.5B
Total liabilities$46.0B$46.4B$49.6B$55.9B$59.9B$64.9B$69.2B$71.4B$76.1B$82.2B
Long-term debt$17.4B$19.4B$21.6B$25.1B$29.0B$31.3B$34.3B$37.7B$39.3B$44.1B
Shareholders' equity$17.4B$18.3B$19.0B$19.6B$20.6B$22.4B$23.9B$25.2B$26.9B$31.1B
Cash flow
Operating cash flow$4.52B$4.27B$5.22B$4.27B$3.83B$3.84B$5.29B$5.01B$6.80B$6.94B
Capital expenditure$107.9M$0$0$918.4M$0——$155.0M$399.0M$3.45B
Free cash flow$4.41B$4.27B$5.22B$3.35B$3.83B——$4.86B$6.41B$3.49B
Dividends paid$1.12B$1.19B$1.26B$1.35B$1.42B−$1.52B$1.65B$1.75B$1.90B$2.01B

From American Electric Power's 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC; its fiscal year ends in December. Each period shows the latest figure the company has reported for it, including restatements. Net margin is our own calculation from those reported figures (net income ÷ revenue); it is left blank where revenue is zero or missing. † Quarter derived from the company's year-to-date or full-year totals. Filings on SEC EDGAR →

American Electric Power vs the Utilities sector and the S&P 500

American Electric Power's latest reported figures next to the median of the other 30 S&P 500 Utilities companies and of the other 502 S&P 500 companies; each median is taken over the companies with a comparable figure (counts in the footnote). A median is the middle value, not an average, so one very large company does not move it.

American Electric Power compared with the median Utilities company and the median S&P 500 company
MeasureAmerican Electric PowerUtilities (30 other S&P 500 companies)S&P 500 (502 other companies)
Revenue growth, latest fiscal year+9.5%+9.7%+7.0%
Net margin, latest fiscal year16.4%13.5%12.9%
Dividend per share, latest fiscal year$3.74$2.48$2.40
Share price change, 1 year+5.9%−7.7%+5.7%

American Electric Power: fiscal year ended December 2025, from its 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC. Medians computed October 20, 2026 from each company's latest annual filing (fiscal years ending between July 2025 and September 2026) and our price archive. Prices for every company, American Electric Power included, are the last regular-session prices of October 19, 2026; the 1-year change compares that price with each company's last close on or before October 20, 2025. Net margin and price change are our calculations from reported figures. Each median counts only the companies with a comparable figure (sector / S&P 500): revenue growth 30/496, net margin 30/496, dividend per share 28/349, 1-year price change 30/490; the reasons below can overlap. 12 are left out of the price figure because our archive holds no comparable close for them; dividend medians are among the 28 sector and 349 S&P 500 companies reporting a per-share dividend. The S&P 500 price figure is the middle company's change, not the index's return.

About American Electric Power

American Electric Power Company, Inc. is an American domestic electric utility company in the United States. It is one of the largest electric utility companies in the country, with more than five million customers in 11 states.

Source: Wikipedia — American Electric Power

Headquarters
Columbus, Ohio From SEC filings, Oct 2026

Company profile

American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP), a New York corporation with its principal executive offices at 1 Riverside Plaza in Columbus, Ohio, says in the business segments note of its annual report for fiscal 2025 (Form 10-K) that its primary business is the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. Its reportable segments are Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco and Generation & Marketing, with its remaining activities presented as Corporate and Other. Its fiscal year ends December 31 and its common stock, $6.50 par value, trades on Nasdaq as AEP (10-K). In its July 30, 2026 earnings release AEP says it delivers energy to 5.6 million customers in 11 states, operates the nation's largest electric transmission system with 40,000 line miles and more than 252,000 miles of distribution lines, has approximately 33,000 megawatts of owned and contracted generating capacity and nearly 18,000 employees.

For 2025 the consolidated statements of income report total revenues of $21,876 million, compared with $19,721 million in 2024, operating income of $5,319 million and earnings attributable to AEP of $3,580 million, or $6.66 per diluted share, against $2,967 million, or $5.58, in 2024. Operating earnings, a non-GAAP measure, were $5.97 per share against $5.62 in 2024 (earnings release of February 12, 2026). Net cash flows from operating activities were $6,944 million and construction expenditures $8,453 million. At December 31, 2025 total assets were $114,460 million and long-term debt was $44,128 million. In June 2025 AEP closed the sale of a 19.9% noncontrolling interest in Midwest Transmission Holdings to Olympus BidCo L.P., an entity controlled by funds affiliated with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Public Sector Pension Investment Board, for $2.82 billion (10-K).

According to its 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 (unaudited), total revenues were $5,445 million for the second quarter and $11,465 million for the first six months, and earnings attributable to AEP common shareholders were $713 million for the quarter, or $1.30 per diluted share, against $1,226 million, or $2.29, a year earlier. Second-quarter 2025 GAAP earnings included the impact of the FERC NOLC Order for years 2021-2024, which the July 30, 2026 release excludes from operating earnings ($480 million, or $0.90 per share). In that release AEP reported operating earnings, a non-GAAP measure, of $1.36 per share for the quarter against $1.43, raised its full-year 2026 operating earnings guidance to $6.25 to $6.55 per share from $6.15 to $6.45 (a company projection, non-GAAP), reaffirmed an annual operating earnings growth rate of 7% to 9% through 2030, and cited a five-year, $78 billion capital plan and total contracted load growth through 2030 of 69 GW.

In January 2026 an unregulated AEP subsidiary agreed to buy solid oxide fuel cells for approximately $2.65 billion for a generation facility expected to be near Cheyenne, Wyoming, with a 20-year agreement for a third-party customer to take all of its output (Form 8-K). AEP entered into forward sale agreements on May 12 and 13, 2026, relating to an aggregate of 23,543,308 common shares sold to the underwriters, at an initial forward sale price of $124.968 per share, expected to settle on or before May 31, 2028 (Form 8-K). William J. Fehrman is Chief Executive Officer and Trevor I. Mihalik is Chief Financial Officer (10-Q, Exhibits 31.A and 31.B).

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$21,876 million3
Total revenues, 2025 (year ended December 31, 2025)
$5,319 million3
Operating income, 2025
$3,696 million3
Net income, 2025
$3,580 million3
Earnings attributable to AEP, 2025
$6.663
Diluted earnings per share attributable to AEP common shareholders, 2025
$5.977
Operating earnings per share, 2025 (non-GAAP, as reported by AEP)
$6,944 million4
Net cash flows from operating activities, 2025
$8,453 million4
Construction expenditures, 2025
$2,008 million4
Dividends paid on common stock, 2025
$3.7414
Cash dividends declared per share, 2025
$114,460 million5
Total assets, December 31, 2025
$44,128 million5
Long-term debt, December 31, 2025
$32,218 million5
Total equity, December 31, 2025
5.6 million in 11 states9
Customers (as stated by AEP, July 30, 2026)
40,0009
Transmission line miles (as stated by AEP, July 30, 2026)
approximately 33,000 megawatts9
Owned and contracted generating capacity (as stated by AEP, July 30, 2026)
$5,445 million8
Total revenues, quarter ended June 30, 2026 (unaudited)
$11,465 million8
Total revenues, six months ended June 30, 2026 (unaudited)
$713 million8
Earnings attributable to AEP common shareholders, quarter ended June 30, 2026 (unaudited)
$1.308
Diluted earnings per share, quarter ended June 30, 2026 (unaudited)
$1.369
Operating earnings per share, quarter ended June 30, 2026 (non-GAAP, as reported by AEP)
$3,421 million15
Net cash flows from operating activities, six months ended June 30, 2026 (unaudited)
$5,606 million15
Construction expenditures, six months ended June 30, 2026 (unaudited)
$0.9516
Cash dividends declared per share, quarter ended June 30, 2026 (unaudited)
$121,570 million17
Total assets, June 30, 2026 (unaudited)
$47,987 million17
Long-term debt, June 30, 2026 (unaudited)
$6.25 to $6.55 per share9
Full-year 2026 operating earnings guidance (company projection, non-GAAP, as of July 30, 2026)
$78 billion9
Capital plan, 2026 to 2030 (company plan, as of July 30, 2026)

Revenue by fiscal year, as reported in 10-K

Fiscal yearRevenue (as reported in 10-K)Reported asFiled
2021$16,792.0 million18Form 10-K for fiscal year 2021 (year ended December 31, 2021), total revenues, in millions as filedFeb 24, 2022
2022$19,639.5 million19Form 10-K for fiscal year 2022 (year ended December 31, 2022), total revenues, in millions as filedFeb 23, 2023
2023$18,982.3 million20Form 10-K for fiscal year 2023 (year ended December 31, 2023), total revenues, in millions as filedFeb 26, 2024
2024$19,721.3 million21Form 10-K for fiscal year 2024 (year ended December 31, 2024), total revenues, in millions as filedFeb 13, 2025
2025$21,876 million3Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (year ended December 31, 2025), total revenues, in millions as filedFeb 12, 2026

Segments and products

Risks

Frequently asked questions

What does American Electric Power do?
AEP's primary business is the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, according to its 10-K for 2025. Its reportable segments are Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco and Generation & Marketing. In its July 30, 2026 release it says it delivers energy to 5.6 million customers in 11 states.
How much revenue did AEP make in 2025?
Total revenues were $21,876 million in 2025, compared with $19,721 million in 2024 and $18,982 million in 2023, according to its 10-K. Earnings attributable to AEP were $3,580 million in 2025, or $6.66 per diluted share, against $2,967 million, or $5.58, in 2024.
Which AEP segment is the largest?
By 2025 revenues, Vertically Integrated Utilities, with total revenues of $12,819 million and earnings attributable to AEP of $1,605 million. Transmission and Distribution Utilities had revenues of $6,147 million and earnings of $816 million, AEP Transmission Holdco revenues of $2,377 million and earnings of $1,161 million, and Generation & Marketing revenues of $2,762 million and earnings of $287 million (10-K).
What were AEP's latest quarterly results?
For the quarter ended June 30, 2026, its 10-Q (unaudited) reports total revenues of $5,445 million and earnings attributable to AEP common shareholders of $713 million, or $1.30 per diluted share, against $1,226 million, or $2.29, a year earlier. In its July 30, 2026 release AEP reported operating earnings, a non-GAAP measure, of $1.36 per share against $1.43.
What is AEP's outlook for 2026?
In its July 30, 2026 earnings release AEP raised its full-year 2026 operating earnings guidance to $6.25 to $6.55 per share, from $6.15 to $6.45, and reaffirmed an annual operating earnings growth rate of 7% to 9% through 2030. Operating earnings are a non-GAAP measure, and these are the company's own projections, not reported results.
How much is AEP investing?
AEP cited a five-year, $78 billion capital plan in its July 30, 2026 release. Construction expenditures were $8,453 million in 2025 and $5,606 million in the first six months of 2026, according to its cash flow statements (10-K and 10-Q).
What was the Midwest Transmission Holdings transaction?
In June 2025 AEP closed the sale of a 19.9% noncontrolling interest in Midwest Transmission Holdings to Olympus BidCo L.P., an entity controlled by funds affiliated with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Public Sector Pension Investment Board, for $2.82 billion. Its 2025 cash flow statement shows proceeds of $2,783 million, net of transaction costs (10-K).
Does AEP pay a dividend?
Yes. Cash dividends declared were $3.74 per share in 2025, and dividends paid on common stock totaled $2,008 million that year (10-K). Cash dividends declared were $0.95 per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 (10-Q).
Who runs AEP?
William J. Fehrman is Chief Executive Officer and Trevor I. Mihalik is Chief Financial Officer; both certified AEP's 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

Sources

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