American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP)
Congress trading in AEP
10 members of Congress have disclosed trading AEP — 8 purchases and 8 sales worth an estimated $152,500. Most recent disclosure: Nov 3, 2025.
See who in Congress traded AEP →About American Electric Power Company, Inc.
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.
AEP Key Statistics
AEP in plain English
- P/E ratio (20.5) — how many dollars you pay for each $1 of AEP's yearly profit. That's a fairly normal range.
- ROE (12.58%) — how efficiently the company turns shareholders' money into profit. This is a middling level.
- Profit margin (16.29%) — of every $1 in sales, this is what's left as profit after all costs.
- Dividend yield (2.74%) — the cash payout you'd earn per year as a % of the share price, on top of any price gains.
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