Growth Metrics

American Electric Power Co Inc (AEP) Operating Margin (2016)

American Electric Power's Operating Margin history spans 6 years, with the latest figure at 21.67% for Q3 2015.

  • For Q3 2015, Operating Margin fell 8.0% year-over-year to 21.67%; the TTM value through Sep 2015 reached 19.82%, down 135.0%, while the annual FY2014 figure was 2.52%, 1586.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q3 2015 was 21.67% at American Electric Power, up from 21.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 24.08% in Q1 2015 and bottomed at 11.25% in Q4 2014.
  • The 4-year median for Operating Margin is 21.14% (2015), against an average of 19.84%.
  • The largest YoY upside for Operating Margin was 322bps in 2014 against a maximum downside of -586bps in 2014.
  • A 4-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 22.31% in 2011, then dropped by -23bps to 17.11% in 2013, then crashed by -34bps to 11.25% in 2014, then skyrocketed by 93bps to 21.67% in 2015.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AEP's Operating Margin are 21.67% (Q3 2015), 21.14% (Q2 2015), and 24.08% (Q1 2015).