American Electric Power Co. Inc. (AEP): Price and Financial Metrics

AEP POWR Grades

• Growth is the dimension where AEP ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 76.39% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for AEP is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• AEP ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 31st percentile.

AEP Stock Summary

• AEP has a market capitalization of $49,760,683,760 -- more than approximately 94.54% of US stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of American Electric Power Co Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 0.5% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• For AEP, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 93.65% of US equities we're observing.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to American Electric Power Co Inc are TRP, SPG, WELL, KMI, and D.
• AEP's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit American Electric Power Co Inc's official web site, go to www.aep.com.

AEP Valuation Summary

• AEP's price/earnings ratio is 19.4; this is 13.78% lower than that of the median Utilities stock.
• AEP's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 1.5 over the prior 243 months.
• AEP's price/sales ratio has moved up 2.5 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for AEP.

AEP Growth Metrics

Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 23.67%.
• Its 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -4.41%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -80.61%.

AEP's revenue has moved up $1,387,400,000 over the prior 52 months.

The table below shows AEP's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	16,792	3,839.9	2,488.1
2021-09-30	16,341.2	3,883.7	2,384.7
2021-06-30	15,784.6	3,130.6	2,337.3
2021-03-31	15,452.1	3,100	2,279.9
2020-12-31	14,918.5	3,832.9	2,200.1
2020-09-30	14,923.9	3,842.4	1,918.1

AEP's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• AEP has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 35.33% of graded US stocks.
• AEP's asset turnover comes in at 0.195 -- ranking 65th of 105 Utilities stocks.
• ED, CMS, and ATO are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with AEP.

The table below shows AEP's key quality metrics over time.