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Operating Margin for American Electric Power Company (AEP)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

23.5%

YoY change

+0.42pp

Trough year (2000)

5.5%

Peak year (1985)

100.0%

Operating Margin history chart for American Electric Power Company (AEP) from 1985 to 2025

Latest: 24.3%

Operating Margin change chart for American Electric Power Company (AEP) from 1985 to 2025

Latest: +0.42pp

Operating Margin history table for American Electric Power Company (AEP) from 1985 to 2025

  • 202524.3%+0.42pp
  • 202423.9%+2.58pp
  • 202321.3%+3.72pp
  • 202217.6%-2.02pp
  • 202119.6%-0.37pp
  • 202020.0%+2.47pp
  • 201917.5%+0.75pp
  • 201816.8%-4.88pp
  • 201721.7%+0.77pp
  • 201620.9%+0.69pp
  • 201520.2%+1.69pp
  • 201418.5%-1.27pp
  • 201319.8%-0.08pp
  • 201219.9%+1.25pp
  • 201118.6%+0.65pp
  • 201018.0%-1.84pp
  • 200919.8%+2.43pp
  • 200817.4%+0.33pp
  • 200717.0%+0.34pp
  • 200616.7%+1.44pp
  • 200515.2%+1.35pp
  • 200413.9%+2.47pp
  • 200311.4%-2.89pp
  • 200214.3%-3.11pp
  • 200117.4%+11.97pp
  • 20005.5%-3.85pp
  • 19999.3%-9.95pp
  • 199819.3%-3.29pp
  • 199722.5%-0.54pp
  • 199623.1%+1.27pp
  • 199521.8%+0.93pp
  • 199420.9%-79.12pp
  • 1993100.0%0.00pp
  • 1992100.0%0.00pp
  • 1991100.0%0.00pp
  • 1990100.0%0.00pp
  • 1989100.0%0.00pp
  • 1988100.0%0.00pp
  • 1987100.0%0.00pp
  • 1986100.0%0.00pp
  • 1985100.0%—

Operating 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 Operating Margin at American Electric Power Company (AEP)

According to American Electric Power Company's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 23.5%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.

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 operating margin of 24.33% – expanded 0.4 percentage points year-over-year.

The record annual operating margin stands at 100.00%, reached in 1985; the historical low of 5.46% was recorded in 2000.

American Electric Power Company Operating Margin by Year

American Electric Power Company Operating Margin 2025: 24.3%

American Electric Power Company posted operating margin of 24.33% in 2025, expanded 0.4 percentage points from 2024.

American Electric Power Company Operating Margin 2024: 23.9%

In 2024, American Electric Power Company reported operating margin of 23.90%, expanded 2.6 percentage points from 2023.

American Electric Power Company Operating Margin 2023: 21.3%

American Electric Power Company operating margin in 2023 was 21.32%, expanded 3.7 percentage points from 2022.

American Electric Power Company Operating Margin 2022: 17.6%

2022's operating margin for American Electric Power Company came in at 17.60%, contracted 2.0 percentage points from 2021.

American Electric Power Company Operating Margin 2021: 19.6%

American Electric Power Company operating margin in 2021 was 19.63%.

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