American Electric Power Co Inc

  • Earnings Score
  • Moat Score
  • Safety Score
  • Market Cap $51.13B
  • PE 14
  • Debt $44.80B
  • Cash $299.20M
  • EV $95.64B
  • FCF -$366.40M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings$3.59B
EBIT$4.30B
ROE13%
ROA4%
FCF-$366.40M
Equity$26.66B
Growth Stability95%
PE14.23
PEG2.18
PB1.92
P/FCF-139.56
P/S2.61
Price/Cash0.01
Debt/Equity1.68
Debt/FCF-122.27
Net Margins15%
Op. Margins22%
Earnings CAGR10%
Sales Growth YoY1%
Sales Growth QoQ18%
Sales CAGR3%
Equity CAGR5%
Earnings Stability0.36
Earnings Growth QoQ182%
Earnings CAGR 5Y7%
Sales CAGR 5Y7%
Equity CAGR 5Y7%
Earnings CAGR 3Y5%
Sales CAGR 3Y5%
Equity CAGR 3Y5%
Market Cap$51.13B
Revenue$19.60B
Dividend Yield-3%
Payout Ratio-46%
Assets$100.12B
Total Debt$44.80B
Cash$299.20M
Shares Outstanding529.23M
EV95.64B
Earnings Score22%
Moat Score78%
Safety Score66%
Final Score56%
Working Capital-4.63B
Current Ratio0.57
Shares Growth 3y2%
Equity Growth QoQ2%
Equity Growth YoY5%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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American Electric Power is one of the largest regulated utilities in the United States, providing electricity generation, transmission, and distribution to more than 5 million retail customers in 11 states. About 43% of AEP's of capacity is coal, with the remainder from a mix of natural gas (27%), renewable energy and hydro (19%), nuclear (7%), and demand response (4%). Vertically integrated utilities, transmission and distribution, and generation and marketing support earnings.

SEC Filings

Direct access to American Electric Power Co Inc (AEP) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

  • 2024
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jun 30
    • 10-Q Mar 31
  • 2023
    • 10-K Dec 31
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jun 30
    • 10-Q Mar 31
  • 2022
    • 10-K Dec 31
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jun 30
    • 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

How does American Electric Power Co Inc compare to its competitors?

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of American Electric Power Co Inc compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 10%
Stability 36%
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American Electric Power Co Inc Discounted Cash Flow

Fully customizable DCF calculator online for American Electric Power Co Inc.

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DCF-$333M-$303M-$275M-$250M-$228M-$207M-$188M-$171M-$155M-$141M-$1.4B
Value-$3.7B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years12/201412/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/2023TTM
Net Margins10%12%4%12%12%12%15%15%12%12%15%
ROA-6%2%6%4%4%4%4%4%4%4%
ROE-11%4%10%10%10%11%11%10%9%13%

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years12/201412/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/2023TTM
Debt over FCF-89.42-89.22-16.24-23.39-16.72-14.01-19.99-28.94-18.3-122.27
Debt over Equity1.261.21.331.261.331.51.631.61.661.711.68
Growth Stability---100%100%100%100%100%100%95%95%

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years12/201412/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/2023CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth--3%-0%-6%5%-4%-4%13%17%-3%7%
Earnings YoY growth-25%-70%213%1%-0%14%13%-7%-4%7%
Equity YoY growth-6%-3%5%4%4%4%9%6%5%7%
FCF YoY growth--50%-208%448%-23%64%35%-25%-24%71%-