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Overview and Description of Major Subsidiaries AEP was incorporated under the laws of the State of New York in 1906 and reorganized in 1925. It is a public utility holding company that directly owns all of the outstanding common stock of the public utility subsidiaries identified below.
$132.14
$0.99 (-0.74%)
EOD Jul 17, 2026
24.31% operating margin is above average. ROIC at 6.75%. Note that capital returns lag the margin, the business may be capital-intensive despite high margins.
Revenue up 10.9% YoY with margins expanding 2.5pp. However, free cash flow softened 45%, worth monitoring whether this is timing or structural.
Free cash flow declined 45% versus the prior year, cash generation momentum has weakened. Net debt of $49.25B represents 14.1x FCF, leverage limits flexibility.
19.5x earnings, 27.9x FCF. Valuation is in a reasonable range. The main question is whether the business can re-accelerate or if current trajectory is already priced in.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$22.43B
▲ +10.9% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$3.65B
▲ +20.7% YoY
Op. Margin
24.05%
▲ +2.5pp YoY
ROIC
6.70%
▲ +2.0pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$2.60B
▼ -45.5% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$7.01B
▲ +2.1% YoY
Net Debt
$51.26B
Cash & Equiv.
$516M
5Y CAGR: +8.0%
5Y CAGR: -7.7%
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At a P/E of 19.5 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 27.9, American Electric Power Company (AEP) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $-11.50 per share, so at $132.14 the stock looks overvalued (108.7% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, American Electric Power Company scores 41/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a mixed business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 2.8%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $-11.50 per share for AEP, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $-8.62. At today's $132.14, that puts the stock about 108.7% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
American Electric Power Company scores 41 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a mixed business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 24.0% operating margin and a 6.7% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Yes, American Electric Power Company pays a regular dividend of about $3.71 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 2.8% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 55.5% of earnings, so the dividend is well covered. American Electric Power Company has grown the dividend at roughly 7.2% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For AEP's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. AEP currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 41/100 on quality (mixed). It also yields about 2.8%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.