Growth Metrics

American Electric Power (AEP) Operating Margin (2016)

American Electric Power (AEP) has disclosed Operating Margin for 8 consecutive years, with 24.24% as the latest value for Q3 2016.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 4591.0% to 24.24% in Q3 2016 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 6.77% through Sep 2016, down 1302.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 20.26% for FY2015, 117.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin hit 24.24% in Q3 2016 for American Electric Power, down from 22.25% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 24.08% in Q1 2015 to a low of 24.24% in Q3 2016.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 16.82% across 5 years, with a median of 20.87% in 2012.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: soared 1108bps in 2013 and later crashed -4591bps in 2016.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 6.89% in 2012, then skyrocketed by 161bps to 17.97% in 2013, then tumbled by -37bps to 11.25% in 2014, then rose by 15bps to 12.9% in 2015, then plummeted by -288bps to 24.24% in 2016.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for AEP at 24.24% in Q3 2016, 22.25% in Q2 2016, and 22.07% in Q1 2016.