American Electric Power vs Vistra
AEP and VST side by side, both in electric services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AEP and VST compare
American Electric Power is the larger company, worth 1.5 times as much as Vistra ($70.9B against $46.4B).
On earnings, American Electric Power is cheaper: it trades at 22.5× trailing earnings, against 23.4× for Vistra.
American Electric Power grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.3% versus 3.8% for Vistra).
Both pay dividends: American Electric Power yields 2.9% and Vistra 0.66%.
Vistra scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 6 for American Electric Power), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AEP | VST |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $70.9B | $46.4B |
| Share price | $130.21 | $138.37 |
| Change, 1 year | 6.6% | −30.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 53.1% | 575% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.24 | 1.08 |
| Employees | 18K | 6,390 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 22.5× (better) | 23.4× |
| P/S | 3.1× | 2.4× (better) |
| P/B | 2.2× (better) | 8.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.7× | 12.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | 16.5× (better) | 20.6× |
| PEG | 1.60 | – |
| FCF yield | 6.0% (better) | 4.9% |
| Fair value | $105.39 | $139.28 |
| Margin of safety | −23.5% | 0.65% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 10.3% (better) | 3.8% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.0% | 9.2% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −7.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −15.2% | −5.4% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 8.5% | 10.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 67.7% | – |
| Operating margin | 23.0% (better) | 18.5% |
| Net margin | – | 11.6% |
| FCF margin | 18.8% (better) | 11.7% |
| Return on equity | – | 43.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.9% | 12.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.65 (better) | 3.57 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 9.96 | 3.54 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 2.4× | 3.1× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.50 | 0.97 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.93 | 1.51 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.9% (better) | 0.66% |
| Payout ratio | – | 13.9% |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.7% | – |
| Buyback yield | −1.5% | 2.5% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 1.4% | 3.1% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 92.2% | 84.8% |
| Held by insiders | 0.10% | 6.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.2M (better) | −$51.8M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.4% | 3.3% |
Go deeper
- AEP stock overview
- AEP income statement
- AEP valuation and score
- VST stock overview
- VST income statement
- VST valuation and score
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