American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP) is a Regulated Electric company in the Utilities sector, currently trading at $135.46. It has a SharesGrow Score of 54/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 3 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of AEP = $125.33 (-7.5% from the current price, the stock appears fairly valued). Analyst consensus target is AEP = $133 (-2% upside).
Valuation: AEP trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 19.7 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 2.5.
Financials: revenue is $21.8B, +3.7%/yr average growth. Net income is $3.6B, growing at +16.9%/yr. Net profit margin is 16.4% (healthy). Gross margin is 31.8% (-25.7 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $50.2B against $31.1B equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 1.61, leveraged). Current ratio is 0.45 (tight liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 42.9%. Total assets: $117.2B.
Analyst outlook: 21 / 35 analysts rate AEP as buy (60%) — moderate consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 45/100 (Partial), Growth 63/100 (Pass), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 0/100 (Fail), Moat 55/100 (Partial), Future 47/100 (Partial), Income 70/100 (Pass).
