American Electric Power vs FirstEnergy
AEP and FE 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 FE compare
American Electric Power is the larger company, worth 2.6 times as much as FirstEnergy ($70.4B against $26.9B).
On earnings, American Electric Power is cheaper: it trades at 21.0× trailing earnings, against 22.4× for FirstEnergy.
FirstEnergy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (12.2% versus 11.1% for American Electric Power).
Both pay dividends: American Electric Power yields 3.0% and FirstEnergy 3.0%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AEP | FE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $70.4B | $26.9B |
| Share price | $129.21 | $46.53 |
| Change, 1 year | 5.4% | 0.87% |
| Change, 5 years | 55.0% | 20.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.25 | 0.27 |
| Employees | 18K | 11K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 7 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 21.0× (better) | 22.4× |
| P/S | 3.0× | 1.7× (better) |
| P/B | 2.1× | 2.1× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.7× (better) | 24.2× |
| P/FCF | 20.8× | – |
| PEG | 1.50 | 0.63 (better) |
| FCF yield | 4.8% (better) | −8.0% |
| Fair value | $109.53 | $33.48 |
| Margin of safety | −18.0% (better) | −39.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.1% | 12.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.0% (better) | 6.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −9.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −10.2% | −9.2% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 8.5% (better) | −2.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 68.4% | – |
| Operating margin | 23.4% (better) | 14.9% |
| Net margin | – | 7.4% |
| FCF margin | 14.4% (better) | −13.3% |
| Return on equity | – | 9.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.2% (better) | 4.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.66 (better) | 2.32 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 9.71 (better) | 12.42 |
| Interest coverage | 2.4× (better) | 1.8× |
| Current ratio | 0.51 (better) | 0.38 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.91 (better) | 0.66 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.0% (better) | 3.0% |
| Payout ratio | – | 87.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.7% (better) | 2.4% |
| Buyback yield | −1.4% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 1.5% | 3.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 92.1% | 89.4% |
| Held by insiders | 0.11% | 5.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.7M (better) | −$2.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.0% | 5.6% |
Go deeper
- AEP stock overview
- AEP income statement
- AEP valuation and score
- FE stock overview
- FE income statement
- FE valuation and score
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