The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

AEP

Concerning the House

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, nuclear, natural gas, renewable, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources; owns, operates, maintains, and invests in transmission infrastructure; and engages in the retail supply, and wholesale energy trading and marketing businesses. It operates approximately 252,000 circuit miles of distribution lines; 38,000 circuit miles of transmission lines; and 25,000 MWs of regulated owned generating capacity. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

United States · www.aep.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$19.46B+2.0%
Operating income$4.30B+2.9%
Net income$1.48B+2.9%
Cash from ops$6.94B+8.5%
Quotation

$125.38

+0.73 (+0.6%)

52w hi$137.64
52w lo$103.24
Vol2.15M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.35

Short-0.02
Medium-0.52
Long-0.68

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

American Electric Power Company, Inc.

Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric

Market cap$68.26B
Enterprise value$121.99B
Trailing P/E21.73x
Forward P/E18.28x
EV / EBITDA13.51x
P / S (ttm)2.99x
Profit margin13.8%
Return on equity10.1%
Revenue growth+7.0%
Earnings growth-43.2%
Debt / equity160.79
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX-0.01
Corr SPX-0.00
Annual vol19.0%
Annual ret+14.1%
Sharpe0.74
Max DD-13.9%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.06
Sector-0.01
Technical-0.02
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$124.74$125.90$124.57$125.382.15M
Aug 12$123.62$124.71$123.41$124.652.36M
Aug 11$122.53$123.82$122.28$123.582.69M
Aug 10$125.05$125.68$122.25$122.844.66M
Aug 7$124.99$126.37$124.20$125.734.31M