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 1.6 times as much as Vistra ($70.3B against $44.6B).
On earnings, Vistra is cheaper: it trades at 18.0× trailing earnings, against 21.0× for American Electric Power.
Vistra grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (19.8% versus 11.1% for American Electric Power).
Both pay dividends: American Electric Power yields 3.0% and Vistra 0.69%.
Vistra scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 7 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 | $70.3B | $44.6B |
| Share price | $129.18 | $133.01 |
| Change, 1 year | 5.3% | −25.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 54.9% | 563% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.25 | 1.11 |
| Employees | 18K | 6,390 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 18 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 21.0× | 18.0× (better) |
| P/S | 3.0× | 2.2× (better) |
| P/B | 2.1× (better) | 7.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.7× | 10.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | 20.7× | 17.1× (better) |
| PEG | 1.50 | – |
| FCF yield | 4.8% | 5.8% (better) |
| Fair value | $109.08 | $166.84 |
| Margin of safety | −18.4% | 20.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.1% | 19.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.0% | 9.2% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 135% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −10.2% | 168% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 8.5% | 10.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 68.4% | – |
| Operating margin | 23.4% (better) | 20.6% |
| Net margin | – | 13.1% |
| FCF margin | 14.4% (better) | 12.7% |
| Return on equity | – | 47.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.2% | 14.7% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.66 (better) | 3.35 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 9.71 | 2.90 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 2.4× | 3.8× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.51 | 1.16 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.91 | 1.58 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.0% (better) | 0.69% |
| Payout ratio | – | 11.4% |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.7% | – |
| Buyback yield | −1.4% | 2.6% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 1.5% | 3.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 92.1% | 84.8% |
| Held by insiders | 0.11% | 6.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.7M (better) | −$33.5M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.0% | 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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