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How American Electric Power Company, Inc. stacks up
AEP · against 24 other Utilities companies of similar size
Profitability
50/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #16 of 25 · scores higher than 38% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score4 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including AEP · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 50?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Its metrics sit close to the Utilities norm.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 4.9% vs peer median 5.2%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.7% vs peer median 2.7%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 67% of peers. Operating margin: 23.0% vs peer median 18.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = AEP, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | AEP | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 25 reported | 4.9% | 5.0% | 29% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 25 reported | 23.0% | 20.9% | 67% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 24 reported | 2.7% | 3.0% | 39% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 24 reported | 10.1% | 10.2% | 48% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 25 reported | 46.4% | 44.0% | 58% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around AEP| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.77T INR (≈$45.2B) | 96 | 62 | |
| 2 | 730.6B CNY (≈$102.3B) | 89 | 50 | |
| 3 | 44.4B EUR (≈$48.9B) | 84 | 51 | |
| 3 | 46.9B USD | 84 | 45 | |
| 5 | 92.6B EUR (≈$101.9B) | 76 | 40 | |
| 12 | 98.6B USD | 60 | 52 | |
| 13 | 37.6B USD | 57 | 43 | |
| 14 | 93.3B USD | 56 | 50 | |
| 15 | 107.8B USD | 55 | 47 | |
| 16 | 70.7B USD | 50 | 40 | |
| 17 | 458.4B BRL (≈$82.5B) | 48 | 30 | |
| 18 | 52.0B USD | 46 | 39 | |
| 19 | 46.9B USD | 45 | 53 | |
| 20 | 49.2B USD | 39 | 38 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score