American Electric Power Financial Ratios
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American Electric Power ratio analysis
American Electric Power earned a net margin of 16.9% in FY 2025, up from 15.1% a year earlier. Gross margin was 67.9% compared with a median of 65.3% over the prior 3 years. Return on equity reached 11.9%, meaning American Electric Power generated 0.12 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 1.57 versus 1.68 the year before, and the current ratio was 0.45. At the end of FY 2025, AEP traded at 17.4 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 16.5 to 50.8, with a median of 18.9. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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American Electric Power financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 17.39 | 16.50 | 19.16 | 21.15 | 17.94 | 18.84 | 24.06 | 18.83 | 18.96 | 50.77 |
| Price / sales | 2.83 | 2.47 | 2.22 | 2.47 | 2.65 | 2.77 | 2.96 | 2.23 | 2.35 | 1.89 |
| Price / book | 1.99 | 1.81 | 1.67 | 2.03 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.35 | 1.90 | 1.98 | 1.78 |
| Gross margin | 67.9% | 69.9% | 65.3% | 63.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 24.3% | 21.8% | 18.7% | 17.7% | 20.3% | 20.0% | 16.7% | 16.6% | 22.9% | 7.1% |
| Net margin | 16.9% | 15.1% | 11.7% | 11.7% | 14.8% | 14.7% | 12.3% | 11.9% | 12.5% | 3.8% |
| Free cash flow margin | 16.0% | 32.5% | 25.6% | 26.9% | 22.9% | 25.7% | 21.5% | 32.3% | 27.7% | 26.9% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 11.9% | 11.0% | 8.8% | 9.6% | 11.1% | 10.7% | 9.8% | 10.1% | 10.5% | 3.6% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 3.2% | 2.9% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 1.57 | 1.68 | 1.70 | 1.71 | 1.61 | 1.63 | 1.51 | 1.33 | 1.25 | 1.26 |
| Current ratio | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.53 | 0.51 | 0.63 | 0.44 | 0.40 | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0.64 |
| Revenue growth | 10.9% | 3.9% | -3.3% | 17.0% | 12.6% | -4.1% | -3.9% | 5.0% | -5.8% | -0.4% |
| EPS growth | 19.4% | 31.6% | -5.6% | -9.5% | 12.2% | 13.9% | -0.5% | 0.5% | 212.9% | -70.3% |