American Electric Power (AEP) Dividend Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2025)
American Electric Power's (AEP) Dividend Coverage Ratio stood at -2.77 in fiscal Q3 2016 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2016), compared with 1.98 a year earlier.
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American Electric Power (AEP) Dividend Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, American Electric Power's Dividend Coverage Ratio came in at 0.64 as of Sep 30, 2016, down 62.2% year-over-year; for FY2015 (ended Dec 31, 2015), it came in at 1.93, up 18.0% from FY2014.
- Annual Dividend Coverage Ratio has increased for three straight fiscal years.
- Across earlier fiscal years, Dividend Coverage Ratio came in at 1.64 in FY2014 (+5.6%), 1.55 in FY2013 (+12.9%) and 1.37 in FY2012.
- The fiscal Q3 2016 figure is the lowest quarterly Dividend Coverage Ratio in data going back to fiscal Q1 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Dividend Coverage Ratio rose in four of the last seven quarters, with growth averaging 11.2%.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Dividend Coverage Ratio in the last five years was growth of 133.5% in fiscal Q4 2015, against a decline of 48.3% in fiscal Q4 2014 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 1.82 (Q2 2016), 1.81 (Q1 2016) and 1.70 (Q4 2015).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div. Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enel Chile | 285.66 Bn | 285.66 Bn | 890.00 Mn | - |
| 2 | Nextera Energy | 159.27 Bn | 160.17 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Southern | 96.02 Bn | 87.08 Bn | 5.92 Bn | 1.46 |
| 4 | Duke Energy | 88.50 Bn | 87.10 Bn | 6.74 Bn | 1.82 |
| 5 | National Grid | 78.31 Bn | 59.83 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | American Electric Power | 65.19 Bn | 63.57 Bn | 3.84 Bn | - |
| 7 | Dominion Energy | 53.46 Bn | 56.14 Bn | - | 0.58 |
| 8 | Sempra | 51.03 Bn | 50.16 Bn | 2.89 Bn | - |
| 9 | Entergy | 46.86 Bn | 36.05 Bn | - | 1.65 |
| 10 | Xcel Energy | 44.05 Bn | 38.96 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.93 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.52 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.04 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.83 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.34 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.06 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.73 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.15 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.73 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.22 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.21 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.92 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.89 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.67 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.30 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.79 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.20 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.12 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.54 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 1.55 |
API Access
American Electric Power Dividend Coverage Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-coverage-ratio&ticker=AEP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividend-coverage-ratio", "ticker": "AEP", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-coverage-ratio&ticker=AEP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();