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Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 535,130,000 |
| Shares Float | 533,680,000 |
| Shares Short | 21,960,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 25% |
| Institution Holdings | 86.39% |
About American Electric Power Company Inc
American Electric Power Company, Inc., an electric public utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments. The company generates electricity using coal and lignite, natural gas, renewable, nuclear, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources; owns, operates, maintains, and invests in transmission infrastructure; and engages in wholesale energy trading and marketing business. It operates approximately 225,000 circuit miles of distribution lines that delivers electricity to 5.6 million customers; 40,000 circuit miles of transmission lines; and 23,000 MWs of regulated owned generating capacity. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
General
| Name | American Electric Power Company Inc |
| Ticker | AEP |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Industry | Utilities - Regulated Electric |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 16,330 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 128.66 |
| Market Cap | 65,687,800,000 |
| PE Ratio | 17.96 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.29 |
| EBITDA | 8,757,300,224 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 5.91 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 1.12 |
| Profit Margin | 17.09% |
| Operating Margin | 25.48 |
| Return on Assets | 0.03 |
| Return on Equity | 0.13 |
| Revenue | 21.4B |
| Earnings Per Share | 6.81 |
| Revenue Per Share | 39.82 |
| Gross Profit | 10,293,000,192 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.11 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 17.85 |
| Forward PE | 19.46 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 3.06 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 2.14 |
Dividend
American Electric Power Company Inc pays out a dividend of $3.75 per share, with a dividend yield of 3.05%.
AEP's next dividend payment will be made to shareholders on December 10, 2025.
They pay out 63.93% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Dec 10, 2025 | $0.95 |
| Sep 10, 2025 | $0.93 |
| Jun 10, 2025 | $0.93 |
| Mar 10, 2025 | $0.93 |
| Dec 10, 2024 | $0.93 |
| Sep 10, 2024 | $0.88 |
| Jun 10, 2024 | $0.88 |
| Mar 8, 2024 | $0.88 |
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