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DCF Valuation
Base-case fair value
$-8.62
Intrinsic $-11.50 · 25% MOS
Current price: $128.27
Base-case summary
Our base-case DCF for American Electric Power Co Inc (AEP) projects 10 years of free cash flow growth at 2.0% for years 1–5 and 1.0% for years 6–10, anchored to a default 8% growth assumption, then applies a 2.5% perpetual growth rate and a 8.0% discount rate. Starting from $2.6B in trailing free cash flow, this produces an intrinsic value of $-11.50 per share. A 25% safety margin gives a fair value of $-8.62, suggesting the stock is currently 107% overvalued against the $128.27 market price.
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Conservative, Base, and Optimistic fair values, plus the sensitivity matrix and FCF history. Free account.
Model inputs
TTM Free Cash Flow
$2.6B
Cash & equivalents
$516M
Total debt
$51.8B
Shares outstanding
547M