AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC (AEP)
As-reported financials and recent SEC filings for AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC, latest fiscal period FY2025. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.
About AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC
American Electric Power Co Inc (AEP) is a public utility holding company that owns subsidiaries providing electric generation, transmission, and distribution services. Its utilities serve retail and wholesale customers across portions of Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. AEP also operates a service company subsidiary that provides administrative and technical support to its utilities.
Snapshot
Fundamentals are from SEC filings. P/E and market cap are derived from recent market prices, refreshed on a rolling basis (typically within the past week).
What changed at American Electric Power
- Revenue grew 10.0% to $21.7B in FY2025, faster than the 3.9% the year before.
- Operating margin is 24.5% in FY2025, +4.2 pp against 20.3% in FY2021.
- Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $5.9B, up 5.2% from Q1 FY2025.
- Free cash flow was $3.5B in FY2025, 16.1% of revenue.
- Net income rose 24.2% to $3.7B in FY2025.
Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.
Peer comparison
Where American Electric Power’s fundamentals sit among the 98 Utilities companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).
American Electric Power’s P/E of 98.2 ranks in the 95th percentile of the 83 peers with a meaningful P/E. American Electric Power’s FCF margin of 16.1% ranks in the 91st percentile of the 76 Utilities companies reporting it.
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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.
Institutional ownership
Held by 4 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F (latest Q1 2026).
| Investor | As of | Position value | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge & Cox | Q1 2026 | $1.15B | 8.7M | Reduced |
| Millennium Managementquant | Q1 2026 | $544.2M | 4.2M | Added |
| AQR Capital Managementquant | Q1 2026 | $205.2M | 1.6M | Reduced |
| Icahn Capital | Q1 2026 | $158.0M | 1.2M | Held |
| Point72 Asset Managementquant | Q1 2026 | $82.9M | 632.2K | New |
| Citadel Advisorsquant | Q1 2026 | $37.0M | 282.6K | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Investmentsquant | Q1 2026 | $23.6M | 179.7K | Reduced |
| Gotham Asset Management | Q1 2026 | $10.6M | 80.8K | Added |
| Bridgewater Associates | Q1 2026 | $6.8M | 51.9K | New |
| D. E. Shawquant | Q1 2026 | $5.4M | 41.5K | Reduced |
No longer held by: Renaissance Technologies (as of Q1 2026)
From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.
Short interest
Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.
| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | 32.9M | -8.6% | 6.85 |
| 2026-06-30 | 36.0M | +7.2% | 5.14 |
| 2026-06-15 | 33.6M | +4.3% | 7.19 |
| 2026-05-29 | 32.2M | +12.5% | 6.71 |
| 2026-05-15 | 28.6M | +54.7% | 5.63 |
| 2026-04-30 | 18.5M | +1.8% | 7.32 |
| 2026-04-15 | 18.2M | -5.2% | 7.94 |
| 2026-03-31 | 19.2M | -0.2% | 4.71 |
Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.
Income statement (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $21.70B | $19.72B | $18.98B | $19.39B | $16.79B |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | $5.32B | $4.30B | $3.56B | $3.48B | $3.41B |
| Net income | $3.70B | $2.98B | $2.21B | $2.31B | $2.49B |
| Diluted EPS | $6.66 | $5.58 | $4.24 | $4.49 | $4.96 |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.
Balance sheet (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $197.0M | $203.0M | $330.1M | $509.4M | $403.4M |
| Current assets | $6.05B | $5.79B | $6.08B | $6.78B | $4.98B |
| Total assets | $114.46B | $103.08B | $96.68B | $93.40B | $87.67B |
| Current liabilities | $13.31B | $13.01B | $11.58B | $13.27B | $10.91B |
| Long-term debt | $44.13B | $39.31B | $37.65B | $34.31B | $32.20B |
| Total liabilities | $82.20B | $76.05B | $71.36B | $69.23B | $64.95B |
| Total equity | $32.22B | $26.99B | $25.29B | $24.12B | $22.68B |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.
Cash flow (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $6.94B | $6.80B | $5.01B | $5.29B | $3.84B |
| Capital expenditure | $3.45B | $399.0M | $155.0M | — | — |
| Free cash flow | $3.49B | $6.41B | $4.86B | — | — |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.
Quarterly trend (as reported)
| Quarter | Revenue | Revenue YoY | Net income | Diluted EPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | $5.92B | 5.2% | $903.0M | $1.60 |
| Q4 FY2025 | $5.27B | 16.9% | $605.2M | $1.12 |
| Q3 FY2025 | $5.96B | 9.0% | $1.00B | $1.81 |
| Q2 FY2025 | $5.06B | 8.5% | $1.29B | $2.29 |
| Q1 FY2025 | $5.63B | 10.7% | $802.0M | $1.50 |
| Q4 FY2024 | $4.51B | -1.5% | — | $1.24 |
| Q3 FY2024 | $5.47B | 2.4% | $961.7M | $1.80 |
| Q2 FY2024 | $4.66B | 6.5% | $342.5M | $0.64 |
Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.
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