American Electric Power

AEP · NASDAQ · USD

$117.60Change from previous close: −0.88%Absolute change: −$1.04

Close · October 1, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 1, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
$64.01B
Enterprise value
$118.72B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
20.5
Forward P/E
17.1
PEG
2.17
Price/book
2.00
Price/sales
2.81
EV/EBITDA
13.1
EV/revenue
5.21

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
46.4%
Operating margin
23.3%
Net margin
13.8%
ROE
10.1%
ROA
3.0%
Revenue growth (year over year)
7.0%
Earnings growth (year over year)
-43.2%

Financial health

Total cash
$603M
Total debt
$53.53B
Debt/equity
1.61
Current ratio
0.50
Quick ratio
0.28

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
$3.80
Dividend yield
3.2%
Payout ratio
65.5%
Ex-dividend date
August 10, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
$142.53
Median price target
$141.00
High price target
$173.00
Low price target
$128.00
Number of analysts
20
Consensus
Buy
Forward EPS
$6.86
EPS estimate, current year
$6.38

Shares and trading

Beta
0.50
Average volume
3.95M
Shares outstanding
544.4M
Float
543.51M
Institutional ownership
94.3%
Insider ownership
0.0%
Short interest (% of float)
4.7%
Short ratio (days)
7.87