American Electric Power Co (AEP)

Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric · S&P 500
$121.82 +0.12% on the day Market cap $64.8B 52-week range $112.54 to $140.58 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
4% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $64.8B, American Electric Power Co's free cash flow of $3.5B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 4% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from American Electric Power Co's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price4.0% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years-2.6% a year
Revenue, same period3.3% a year
Price to free cash flow18.6x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from AEP's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation7
Profitability7
Growth5
Financial health1
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)17.6x
P/E (forward)19.5x
Price / free cash flow9.51x
EV / EBITDA13.0x
Price / sales2.89x
Price / book2.12x
Revenue growth+10.2%
Operating margin24.1%
Net margin16.3%
Return on equity11.5%
Dividend yield3.1%
Debt / equity2.66x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from American Electric Power Co's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$16.8B$19.6B$19.0B$19.7B$21.9B
Net income$2.5B$2.3B$2.2B$3.0B$3.6B
Free cash flow——$4.9B$6.4B$3.5B
EPS (diluted)$4.96$4.49$4.24$5.58$6.66
Operating margin20.3%17.7%18.7%21.8%24.3%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

VIU$12.8B54%
T&D$6.1B25%
G&M$2.7B11%
AEPTHCo$2.3B10%

Superinvestors who own AEP

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 6 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Dodge & Cox
Dodge & Cox
Trimmed $1.2B0.62%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $176M0.06%Q2 2026
Carl Icahn
Icahn Capital
Trimmed $59M0.72%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $12M0.03%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Added $3M0.00%Q2 2026
Eric Marshall
Hodges Capital Management
Added $2M0.15%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by American Electric Power Co's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$119.21—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$119.21—
Jan 16, 2026 David Taylor
0$119.96—
Jan 16, 2026 David Taylor
0$119.96—

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Questions

What growth does American Electric Power Co's stock price imply?

At a market value of $64.8B, American Electric Power Co would need its free cash flow to grow about 4% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew -3% a year.

Are American Electric Power Co insiders buying the stock?

4 open-market insider purchases of AEP in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own American Electric Power Co?

6 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold AEP in their latest 13F, including Dodge & Cox, Cliff Asness, Carl Icahn.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.