American Electric Power vs CenterPoint Energy
AEP and CNP 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 CNP compare
American Electric Power is the larger company, worth 2.6 times as much as CenterPoint Energy ($70.3B against $27.3B).
On earnings, American Electric Power is cheaper: it trades at 21.0× trailing earnings, against 23.5× for CenterPoint Energy.
American Electric Power grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.1% versus 7.8% for CenterPoint Energy).
Both pay dividends: American Electric Power yields 3.0% and CenterPoint Energy 2.2%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AEP | CNP |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $70.3B | $27.3B |
| Share price | $129.18 | $41.19 |
| Change, 1 year | 5.3% | 4.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 54.9% | 55.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.25 | 0.40 |
| Employees | 18K | 3,712 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 7 |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 21.0× (better) | 23.5× |
| P/S | 3.0× | 2.8× (better) |
| P/B | 2.1× (better) | 2.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.7× | 12.2× (better) |
| P/FCF | 20.7× | – |
| PEG | 1.50 (better) | 112.51 |
| FCF yield | 4.8% (better) | −10.4% |
| Fair value | $109.08 | $36.79 |
| Margin of safety | −18.4% | −12.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.1% (better) | 7.8% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.0% (better) | 4.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 11.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −10.2% | 10.8% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 8.5% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 68.4% | 100.0% (better) |
| Operating margin | 23.4% | 24.4% (better) |
| Net margin | – | 11.8% |
| FCF margin | 14.4% (better) | −28.8% |
| Return on equity | – | 10.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.2% (better) | 5.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.66 (better) | 2.02 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 9.71 | 5.61 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 2.4× (better) | 2.3× |
| Current ratio | 0.51 | 1.15 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.91 (better) | 0.88 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.0% (better) | 2.2% |
| Payout ratio | – | 52.3% |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.7% | – |
| Buyback yield | −1.4% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 1.5% | 2.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 92.1% | 105% |
| Held by insiders | 0.11% | 0.30% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.7M | $40.7K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.0% | 7.5% |
Go deeper
- AEP stock overview
- AEP income statement
- AEP valuation and score
- CNP stock overview
- CNP income statement
- CNP valuation and score
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