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American Electric Power Company Inc

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What Do They Do?

Generates, transmits and distributes electricity to retail customers and sells electricity and transmission service to wholesale customers.

How Do They Make Money?

AEP earns revenue from retail and wholesale electricity sales and delivery services as it delivers energy to customers. Its marketing business also sells power, capacity and some natural gas, with revenue earned when the commodity is delivered.

revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Vertically Integrated Utilities Revenues
57%
FY2022: 58%
Transmission and Distribution Utilities Revenues
28%
FY2022: 28%
Generation & Marketing
12%
FY2022: 12%
Other Revenues
2.4%
FY2022: 2.1%

Who Are Their Customers?

Households, businesses and industrial customers buy electricity from AEP's utility subsidiaries; in Texas, retail electric providers buy transmission and distribution service from AEP Texas. Subsidiaries also sell electricity and transmission service to wholesale customers.

Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 17 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2025 and turned 16 cents into free cash flow.

Operating income, FY2025
24% of revenue
▲ +24% vs FY2024 ($4.3B, 22%)
Net income, FY2025
17% of revenue
▲ +24% vs FY2024 ($3B, 15%)
Free cash flow, FY2025
16% of revenue
▼ −45% vs FY2024 ($6.4B, 32%)

How Are They Changing?

Since the FY2025 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2026, the three months to Jun 30, 2026
Revenue
▲ +7%
vs $5.1B in Q2 FY2025
Net income
▼ −42%
vs $1.3B in Q2 FY2025
Vertically Integrated Utilities share of revenue vs 57.7% in Q2 FY2025
  • Jul 30, 2026 AEP raised its full-year operating earnings guidance The 2026 range rose to $6.25 to $6.55 per share from $6.15 to $6.45 per share.

Growing. Revenue grew 30% in 4 years, from $16.8B in FY2021 to $21.9B in FY2025, about 7% a year.

Revenue over time
Vertically Integrated Utilities Revenues Transmission and Distribution Utilities Revenues Generation & Marketing Other Revenues Alternative and Other
$25B$12.5B$0

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