Valuation
26% of the score
17median 13
American Electric Power is valued at 22.3x its operating profit, including debt: a rich multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
22.3x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
AEPAmerican Electric Power
$118.22+12% 1Y
$118.22
$104.0252 weeks$136.16
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 40 out of 100, Below average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Below average. American Electric Power scores higher than 35% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on new capital and earnings quality, held back by valuation and return on capital.
Utilities median 40 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
18median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 4.3% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
4.3%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 5.1%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
78median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 8 cents. New capital earned 7%, and 119% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
8.3%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
62median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 1.6% a year over 5 years: new shares
435%
-3%
1.6%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 7.2% a year, sales 8%
9112%
-2%
-0.7%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
46median 62
Today's operating margin of 24% is 1.24x its normal 19%: above its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.2x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 24%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
5median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA5.8x a year of EBITDA
04.5x
0.5x
5.8x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 3x
101.5x
12x
2.6x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
88median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.11x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
2.1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 3% of assets
758%
0%
-8%
-3%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-03-31, latest annual report FY2025.
Utilities, Regulated Electric
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