American Electric Power (AEP) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2025)
American Electric Power (AEP) recorded Dividends Paid - Common of $276.7 million in fiscal Q3 2016 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2016), up 5.9% from $261.3 million a year earlier and unchanged from the prior quarter.
American Electric Power (AEP) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, American Electric Power's Dividends Paid - Common came in at $1.11 billion as of Sep 30, 2016, up 5.8% year-over-year; for FY2015 (ended Dec 31, 2015), it came in at $1.06 billion, up 6.2% from FY2014.
- Annual Dividends Paid - Common has increased for three straight fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.1% (FY2010 to FY2015).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Dividends Paid - Common came in at $997.6 million in FY2014 (+4.5%), $954.3 million in FY2013 (+4.2%) and $916 million in FY2012.
- The fiscal Q3 2016 figure is the highest quarterly Dividends Paid - Common in data going back to fiscal Q1 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Dividends Paid - Common has increased for 15 consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 6.1% over the last eight quarters.
- The year-over-year growth in Dividends Paid - Common has ranged between 0.4% (fiscal Q1 2013) and 7.1% (fiscal Q4 2013) over the last five years.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at $276.6 million (Q2 2016), $276.5 million (Q1 2016) and $275.6 million (Q4 2015).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div. Paid (Common) (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 | 803.00 Mn |
| 4 | Duke Energy | 88.50 Bn | 87.10 Bn | 6.74 Bn | 846.00 Mn |
| 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 | - | 587.00 Mn |
| 8 | Sempra | 51.03 Bn | 50.16 Bn | 2.89 Bn | - |
| 9 | Entergy | 46.86 Bn | 36.05 Bn | - | 293.03 Mn |
| 10 | Xcel Energy | 44.05 Bn | 38.96 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 510.10 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 497.40 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 499.50 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 501.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 495.30 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 466.70 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 469.10 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 466.90 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 458.20 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 430.20 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 431.80 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 431.80 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 432.70 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 409.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 404.70 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 398.80 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -2.64 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 376.20 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 374.50 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 372.00 Mn |
American Electric Power Dividends Paid - Common 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=dividends-paid-common&ticker=AEP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common", "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=dividends-paid-common&ticker=AEP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();