SuperworthAmerican Electric Power dividend yield AEP
Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1970.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 2.93%
- 10-year median
- 3.4%
- Against its 10-year history
- 8th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 2.6% to 4.6%
- Peer median
- 3.3%
American Electric Power pays 2.93% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is below its ten-year median of 3.4%, lower than on 92% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 2.6% in Jan 2020 to 4.6% in Oct 2023.
The median for 10 electric utilities of a similar size is 3.3%.
Dividend yield over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 2.9% | 2.7% | 3.2% |
| 2025 | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.9% |
| 2024 | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4.5% |
| 2023 | 4.1% | 3.3% | 4.6% |
| 2022 | 3.3% | 3.0% | 3.8% |
| 2021 | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.8% |
| 2020 | 3.4% | 2.6% | 3.8% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.8% |
| 2017 | 3.2% | 3.1% | 3.6% |
| 2016 | 3.6% | 3.1% | 3.9% |
| 2015 | 3.7% | 3.1% | 4.0% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | 3.3% | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 4.2% | 3.7% | 4.5% |
| 2012 | 4.5% | 4.2% | 5.0% |
| 2011 | 4.5% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| 2010 | 4.8% | 4.4% | 5.3% |
| 2009 | 4.7% | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2008 | 5.1% | 3.3% | 5.9% |
| 2007 | 3.4% | 3.0% | 3.6% |
Against its peers
Companies in Regulated Electric nearest American Electric Power's size, closest first, today.
| Company | Dividend yield |
|---|---|
| AEPAmerican Electric Power | 2.93% |
| DDominion Energy | 4.10% |
| DUKDuke Energy | 3.42% |
| ETREntergy | 2.38% |
| XELXcel Energy | 3.01% |
| SOSouthern | 3.23% |
| EXCExelon | 3.74% |
| EDConsolidated Edison | 3.03% |
| WECWEC Energy | 3.38% |
| PEGPublic Service Enterprise | 3.67% |
| PCGPG&E | 1.58% |
| Peer median | 3.30% |
Where American Electric Power ranks
What the dividend yield tells you
Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.
A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.