XNAS · Utilities - Regulated Electric
Last stored close · Nov 10, 2026
Close · Nov 10, 2026
$127.84-0.38%
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TickerWhale Score
40/100
Weak
Score components
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American Electric Power Company scores 40 out of 100 overall, which we rate weak. Technical is its strongest area and Valuation its weakest.
What helps
- Technical
What to watch
- Quality & growth
- Valuation
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%33Weak
- Revenue growth 10.3%
- EPS growth -15.2%
Valuation
25%27Weak
- P/E 22.4
- EV/Sales 5.4
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 customers in 11 states. About 39% of AEP's capacity is coal, with the remainder from a mix of natural gas (28%), renewable energy and hydro (23%), nuclear (7%), and demand response (3%). Vertically integrated utilities, transmission and distribution, and generation and marketing support earnings.
#190 by market cap in our coverage · ~17,581 employees · Listed 1949-09-01 · www.aep.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#38 / 49sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 40 vs sector average 48.1 (-8.1)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 26%
Gross margin (industry)Top 52%
Return on equity (industry)Top 39%
P/E (industry)Pricier than 52%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
59/100Positive vs universe
Ranks 59th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 62/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
2 buy · 3 sell · 3 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates AEP's technical setup middling — 59th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell — they read this stock on its own over days, where our score ranks it against every covered name over months, so the two often part company.
Moving averages
5 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day-0.5%
- vs 50-day+2.9%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)53 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Weak
- ADX (14) trend strength35· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.379)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on buy — 5 buy vs 1 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 1 buy · 3 sell · 3 neutral.
Result — 2 buy vs 3 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-11-10 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)22.4
- P/S (TTM)3.1
- P/B2.2
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales5.4
- PEG—
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin67.7%
- Net margin13.8%
- ROE9.8%
- Debt/Equity1.67
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)10.3%
- EPS growth (YoY)-15.2%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $70.4B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Dec '25 | Dec '24 | Dec '23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $21.9B | $19.7B | $19.0B |
| Gross profit | $8.8B | $7.7B | $6.8B |
| Operating income | $5.3B | $4.3B | $3.6B |
| Net income | $3.6B | $3.0B | $2.2B |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.66 | $5.58 | $4.24 |
| Free cash flow | -$5.0B | -$1.2B | -$2.5B |
| Cash | $268M | $246M | $379M |
| Total debt | $49.5B | $45.8B | $43.6B |
| Equity | $31.1B | $26.9B | $25.2B |
| Net debt | $49.2B | $45.5B | $43.2B |
| Debt / equity | 1.59 | 1.70 | 1.73 |
| Liabilities / assets | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.74 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEPCurrentAmerican Electric Power Company | 40 | 62 | 22.4 | — | 2.2 | 5.4 | $127.84 | -0.38% | +10.3% | ||
| SRSpire | 71 | 74 | 10.0 | — | 1.5 | 4.9 | $89.44 | +0.65% | +10.7% | ||
| EDConsolidated Edison | 70 | 80 | 19.9 | — | 1.7 | 4.0 | $119.28 | +0.75% | +9.5% | ||
| AESAES | 69 | 61 | 5.6 | — | 2.2 | 3.2 | $14.92 | +0.13% | +8.5% | ||
| SWXSouthwest Gas Holdings | 68 | 65 | 12.9 | — | 1.6 | 5.7 | $92.05 | -0.44% | -15.3% | ||
| EIXEdison International | 66 | 37 | 6.2 | — | 1.2 | 3.4 | $60.20 | +0.10% | +10.7% |
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