TTM
27.9%
YoY change
−2.18pp
Trough year (2020)
-16.7%
Peak year (2024)
33.5%
Latest annual
31.3%
FCF Margin history chart for American Electric Power Company (AEP) from 1994 to 2025
Latest: 31.3%
FCF Margin change chart for American Electric Power Company (AEP) from 1994 to 2025
Latest: −2.18pp
FCF Margin history table for American Electric Power Company (AEP) from 1994 to 2025
| 2025 | 31.3% | -2.18pp | ||
| 2024 | 33.5% | +46.33pp | ||
| 2023 | -12.9% | -5.18pp | ||
| 2022 | -7.7% | +3.89pp | ||
| 2021 | -11.6% | +5.08pp | ||
| 2020 | -16.7% | -4.60pp | ||
| 2019 | -12.1% | -5.05pp | ||
| 2018 | -7.0% | +2.93pp | ||
| 2017 | -9.9% | -7.55pp | ||
| 2016 | -2.4% | -3.72pp | ||
| 2015 | 1.3% | -0.81pp | ||
| 2014 | 2.1% | -0.00pp | ||
| 2013 | 2.1% | -2.37pp | ||
| 2012 | 4.5% | -2.22pp | ||
| 2011 | 6.7% | +5.15pp | ||
| 2010 | 1.6% | +3.96pp | ||
| 2009 | -2.4% | +6.10pp | ||
| 2008 | -8.5% | +0.25pp | ||
| 2007 | -8.7% | -2.42pp | ||
| 2006 | -6.3% | -1.96pp | ||
| 2005 | -4.4% | -10.70pp | ||
| 2004 | 6.3% | -0.06pp | ||
| 2003 | 6.4% | +6.74pp | ||
| 2002 | -0.3% | -9.13pp | ||
| 2001 | 8.8% | +9.53pp | ||
| 2000 | -0.7% | -0.53pp | ||
| 1999 | -0.2% | -2.21pp | ||
| 1998 | 2.0% | -5.44pp | ||
| 1997 | 7.4% | -3.83pp | ||
| 1996 | 11.3% | +3.33pp | ||
| 1995 | 7.9% | +1.88pp | ||
| 1994 | 6.1% | — |
- 202531.3%-2.18pp
- 202433.5%+46.33pp
- 2023-12.9%-5.18pp
- 2022-7.7%+3.89pp
- 2021-11.6%+5.08pp
- 2020-16.7%-4.60pp
- 2019-12.1%-5.05pp
- 2018-7.0%+2.93pp
- 2017-9.9%-7.55pp
- 2016-2.4%-3.72pp
- 20151.3%-0.81pp
- 20142.1%-0.00pp
- 20132.1%-2.37pp
- 20124.5%-2.22pp
- 20116.7%+5.15pp
- 20101.6%+3.96pp
- 2009-2.4%+6.10pp
- 2008-8.5%+0.25pp
- 2007-8.7%-2.42pp
- 2006-6.3%-1.96pp
- 2005-4.4%-10.70pp
- 20046.3%-0.06pp
- 20036.4%+6.74pp
- 2002-0.3%-9.13pp
- 20018.8%+9.53pp
- 2000-0.7%-0.53pp
- 1999-0.2%-2.21pp
- 19982.0%-5.44pp
- 19977.4%-3.83pp
- 199611.3%+3.33pp
- 19957.9%+1.88pp
- 19946.1%—
FCF Margin values are taken from American Electric Power Company's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at American Electric Power Company (AEP)
According to American Electric Power Company's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 27.9%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
As of the 2025 fiscal year, American Electric Power Company (AEP) reported free cash flow margin of 31.28% – contracted 2.2 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 33.46%, reached in 2024; the historical low of -16.66% was recorded in 2020.
American Electric Power Company FCF Margin by Year
American Electric Power Company FCF Margin 2025: 31.3%
American Electric Power Company posted free cash flow margin of 31.28% in 2025, contracted 2.2 percentage points from 2024.
American Electric Power Company FCF Margin 2024: 33.5%
In 2024, American Electric Power Company reported free cash flow margin of 33.46%, expanded 46.3 percentage points from 2023. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
American Electric Power Company FCF Margin 2023: -12.9%
American Electric Power Company free cash flow margin in 2023 was -12.87%, contracted 5.2 percentage points from 2022.
American Electric Power Company FCF Margin 2022: -7.7%
2022's free cash flow margin for American Electric Power Company came in at -7.69%, expanded 3.9 percentage points from 2021.
American Electric Power Company FCF Margin 2021: -11.6%
American Electric Power Company free cash flow margin in 2021 was -11.58%.
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