Growth Metrics

American Electric Power (AEP) Return on Sales (2016)

American Electric Power (AEP) has disclosed Return on Sales for 8 consecutive years, with 0.02% as the latest value for Q3 2016.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales rose 1.0% to 0.02% in Q3 2016 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.02% through Sep 2016, up 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.02% for FY2015, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.02% in Q3 2016 for American Electric Power, up from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.11% in Q3 2012 to a low of 0.0% in Q2 2016.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.04% across 5 years, with a median of 0.02% in 2016.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: grew 8bps in 2013 and later dropped -10bps in 2014.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.0% in 2012, then skyrocketed by 2941bps to 0.08% in 2013, then plummeted by -90bps to 0.01% in 2014, then surged by 779bps to 0.07% in 2015, then plummeted by -78bps to 0.02% in 2016.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for AEP at 0.02% in Q3 2016, 0.0% in Q2 2016, and 0.02% in Q1 2016.