American Electric Power (AEP) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
American Electric Power's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 22.90% for Q2 2026, down 4.60 percentage points from 27.50% a year earlier but up 0.31 percentage points from the prior quarter.
American Electric Power (AEP) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, American Electric Power reported Return on Sales [ROS] of 23.00%, down 1.82 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 24.31%, up 2.49 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] has increased in each of the last three years, with a five-year change of +4.29 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Sales [ROS] was 21.82% in FY2024 (+3.09 pp), 18.73% in FY2023 (+1.00 pp), 17.73% in FY2022 (-2.58 pp) and 20.32% in FY2021 (+0.29 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] is 11.47% (Q4 2022) to 27.50% (Q2 2025).
- Year-over-year, Return on Sales [ROS] has declined for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.82 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Sales [ROS] over five years came in Q2 2025 (a gain of 12.57 percentage points), and the weakest in Q3 2022 (a drop of 7.12 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows AEP's Return on Sales [ROS] at 22.59% (Q1 2026), 20.96% (Q4 2025) and 25.31% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nextera Energy | 162.78 Bn | 152.72 Bn | - | 29.71% |
| 2 | Southern | 100.19 Bn | 91.25 Bn | 5.92 Bn | 25.46% |
| 3 | Duke Energy | 91.91 Bn | 88.50 Bn | 6.74 Bn | 29.69% |
| 4 | National Grid | 77.40 Bn | 49.69 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | American Electric Power | 68.36 Bn | 65.53 Bn | 3.84 Bn | 22.90% |
| 6 | Dominion Energy | 54.82 Bn | 52.81 Bn | - | 7.34% |
| 7 | Sempra | 53.87 Bn | 52.99 Bn | 2.89 Bn | 23.72% |
| 8 | Entergy | 48.18 Bn | 37.31 Bn | - | 24.13% |
| 9 | Xcel Energy | 46.63 Bn | 41.53 Bn | - | 22.64% |
| 10 | Exelon | 43.40 Bn | 38.71 Bn | - | 16.41% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 22.90% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 22.59% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 20.96% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 25.31% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 27.50% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 23.50% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 23.34% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 24.93% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.93% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 23.33% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.62% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 25.33% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 20.00% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 15.02% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.47% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 16.83% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 21.65% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 21.52% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 16.83% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 23.95% |
American Electric Power Return on Sales [ROS] 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=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=AEP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "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=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=AEP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();