American Electric Power PE ratio AEP

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 22.4×
10-year median: 19.7×
Against its 10-year history: 83rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 15.7× to 64.0×
Peer median: 20.2×

American Electric Power's PE ratio is 22.4× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $129.69 against $5.79 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 19.7×, higher than on 83% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 15.7× in Oct 2016 to 64.0× in Sep 2017.

The median for 10 electric utilities of a similar size is 20.2×.

PE ratio over time

median 19.7×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	22.4×	16.9×	22.4×
2025	16.9×	15.7×	21.2×
2024	18.6×	16.2×	20.8×
2023	18.7×	17.8×	23.9×
2022	19.7×	16.3×	20.8×
2021	18.7×	16.9×	21.3×
2020	21.6×	18.4×	26.2×
2019	21.9×	18.5×	23.6×
2018	18.8×	16.8×	20.2×
2017	19.3×	19.3×	64.0×
2016	44.0×	14.7×	44.2×
2015	16.1×	14.7×	17.6×
2014	16.9×	14.2×	21.2×
2013	19.5×	13.6×	20.1×
2012	13.3×	9.3×	13.9×
2011	11.0×	9.9×	15.2×
2010	13.5×	11.0×	15.4×

Against its peers

Companies in Regulated Electric nearest American Electric Power's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
AEPAmerican Electric Power	22.4×
DDominion Energy	22.7×
DUKDuke Energy	18.8×
ETREntergy	27.5×
XELXcel Energy	21.4×
SOSouthern	22.4×
EXCExelon	16.2×
EDConsolidated Edison	19.0×
WECWEC Energy	21.5×
PEGPublic Service Enterprise	17.9×
PCGPG&E	9.2×
Peer median	20.2×

Where American Electric Power ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.