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American Electric Power vs Entergy

AEP and ETR 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 ETR compare

American Electric Power is the larger company, worth 1.3 times as much as Entergy ($70.4B against $52.3B).

On earnings, American Electric Power is cheaper: it trades at 21.0× trailing earnings, against 28.7× for Entergy.

American Electric Power grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.1% versus 9.5% for Entergy).

Both pay dividends: American Electric Power yields 3.0% and Entergy 2.3%.

American Electric Power scores higher on the StockData Score (7 against 5 for Entergy), 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.

MetricAEPETR
Size and price
Market cap$70.4B$52.3B
Share price$129.21$111.99
Change, 1 year5.4%15.3%
Change, 5 years55.0%111%
Beta (5Y)0.250.42
Employees18K12K
StockData Score
Total score7 (better)5
Valuation score1 (better)0
Growth score3 (better)2
Performance score00
Health score01 (better)
Dividend score3 (better)2
Valuation
P/E21.0× (better)28.7×
P/S3.0× (better)3.9×
P/B2.1× (better)2.9×
EV/EBITDA22.7×15.2× (better)
P/FCF20.8×–
PEG1.50 (better)2.14
FCF yield4.8% (better)−5.7%
Fair value$109.53$77.67
Margin of safety−18.0% (better)−44.2%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)11.1% (better)9.5%
Revenue growth, 5Y average8.0% (better)5.1%
EPS growth (TTM)−10.2%−3.0% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average8.5% (better)2.5%
Profitability
Gross margin68.4%–
Operating margin23.4% (better)22.9%
FCF margin14.4% (better)−22.0%
Return on invested capital6.2% (better)5.2%
Financial health
Debt / equity1.66 (better)1.90
Net debt / EBITDA9.715.65 (better)
Interest coverage2.4× (better)2.1×
Current ratio0.510.91 (better)
Altman Z-score0.911.03 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield3.0% (better)2.3%
Years of dividend growth16 (better)11
Dividend growth, 5Y average5.7% (better)5.5%
Buyback yield−1.4% (better)−2.6%
Shareholder yield1.5% (better)−0.29%
Ownership
Held by institutions92.1%98.0%
Held by insiders0.11%0.23%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$1.7M (better)−$10.4M
Superinvestors holding1–
Short interest, % of float5.0%3.6%

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