American Electric Power (AEP) Payout Ratio (2009 - 2025)
American Electric Power's (AEP) Payout Ratio stood at 1.56 in fiscal Q3 2016 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2016), up 164.5% from 0.59 a year earlier and up 185.6% from the prior quarter.
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American Electric Power (AEP) Payout Ratio (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2015 (ended Dec 31, 2015), American Electric Power's Payout Ratio came in at 0.52, down 15.3% from FY2014.
- Annual Payout Ratio has declined for three straight fiscal years.
- Across earlier fiscal years, Payout Ratio came in at 0.61 in FY2014 (-5.3%), 0.64 in FY2013 (-11.4%) and 0.73 in FY2012.
- The fiscal Q3 2016 figure is the highest quarterly Payout Ratio in data going back to fiscal Q2 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Payout Ratio rose in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 18.3%.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Payout Ratio in the last five years was growth of 164.5% in fiscal Q3 2016, against a decline of 32.5% in fiscal Q3 2014 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 0.55 (Q2 2016), 0.56 (Q1 2016) and 0.52 (Q4 2015).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (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 |
| 4 | Duke Energy | 88.50 Bn | 87.10 Bn | 6.74 Bn |
| 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 | - |
| 8 | Sempra | 51.03 Bn | 50.16 Bn | 2.89 Bn |
| 9 | Entergy | 46.86 Bn | 36.05 Bn | - |
| 10 | Xcel Energy | 44.05 Bn | 38.96 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.75 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.85 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.77 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.81 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.64 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.71 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.69 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.64 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.79 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.77 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.86 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.84 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.71 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.58 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.57 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.57 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.61 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.63 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.63 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.63 |
API Access
American Electric Power Payout 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=payout-ratio&ticker=AEP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payout-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=payout-ratio&ticker=AEP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();