AEP's Quality Score fell 1 point on Tue, Nov 10, to 14. It did not trade higher than the day before.
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Up 7% over the past year while the S&P 500 rose 12%.
| The chart | Above every average |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 28 |
Tue Nov 10: Ex-dividend, $0.97 a shareAt the open. Pays Dec 10.
After its last 4 reports it closed +0.6% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
Above Averagefor quality, not price, 5 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
AEP is #3 of 45 by Quality Score.
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Expected to report Thu Feb 11, before the open (in 93 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
The figures are not read from the release yet.
AEP's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Operating earnings per share | at or above the high end |
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | -0.4% | -1.6% | -0.3% |
| Jul 30, 2026 | -0.5% | -1.3% | -2.3% |
| May 5, 2026 | +2.8% | +1.8% | -2.9% |
Sales grew in four of the last seven years, to $22B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
RSI 53.3, MACD below signal, above its 50-day, below its 200-day. Not scored.
Its dividends come to 82% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $3.88 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $2.1B a year |
| Free cash flow | $2.6B |
| Record | Raised every year since 2009 |
One insider sold $142K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
8 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: AEP is 0.4% of DGRO, 0.3% of SPMO, and 0.3% of QQQI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.
American Electric Power is one of the largest regulated utilities in the United States, providing electricity generation, transmission, and distribution to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. About 39% of AEP's capacity is coal, with the remainder from a mix of natural gas (28%), renewable energy and hydro (23%), nuclear (7%), and demand response (3%). Vertically integrated utilities, transmission and distribution, and generation and marketing support earnings.
“These sales are made at rates approved by the state utility commissions of the states in which they operate, and in some instances, approved by the FERC, and are not subject to competition from other vertically integrated public utilities.”
AEP scores 14 today, which Breakaway calls Above Average. It is #3 of 45 in Electric Services by Quality Score, with 5 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 7% over the past year while the S&P 500 rose 12%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
AEP scores 14 today, which Breakaway calls Above Average (11 to 14). That is #3 of 45 in Electric Services by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind AEP's 14.
One insider sold $142K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Quinton S. Lies, President-Nuclear Development, who sold $142K on Nov 6.
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