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

AEP POWR Grades

• Stability is the dimension where AEP ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 72.03% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for AEP is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 52 weeks.
• AEP ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 16th percentile.

AEP Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of American Electric Power Co Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 0.38% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for American Electric Power Co Inc is higher than it is for about 94.16% of US stocks.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, AEP is more volatile than merely 2.98% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to AEP, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are PEG, WEC, OKE, TRP, and SRE.
• Visit AEP's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's 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

• The 5 year price growth rate now stands at 25.09%.
• The 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at -4.41%.
• The year over year price growth rate now stands at 11.58%.

AEP's revenue has moved up $532,500,000 over the prior 15 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
2021-06-30	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
2020-06-30	15,172.5	4,215.5	1,903
2020-03-31	15,252.1	4,077.5	1,843.5

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 36.08% of graded US stocks.
• AEP's asset turnover comes in at 0.193 -- ranking 67th of 105 Utilities stocks.
• ED, CMS, and AEE are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with AEP.

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