American Electric Power Company (AEP) Dividend Summary

American Electric Power is a public utility holding company which owns,directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding common stock of its domesticelectric utility subsidiaries and varying percentages of other subsidiaries. Substantially all of the operating revenues of AEP and its subsidiaries are derived from the furnishing of electric service. The Company's operations are divided into three business segments: Wholesale, Energy Delivery and Other.

Last update 07/30/2010

Dividend Yield Summary

	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2006
Dividends	$1.64	$1.64	$1.58	$1.5	$1.42	$0
Price	$31	$32.8	$46.56	$42.58	$37.09	$0
Yield	5.29 %	5 %	3.39 %	3.52 %	3.83 %	0 %

Earnings Information

Next Report Date	10/23/2009
Estimated EPS (year)	$2.89
Estimated EPS (quarter)	$0.87
Estimated EPS Growth	3.80%
Payout Ratio	0.53%
Payout change vs. 5 year average	0.00%

Dividend/Split History

Date	Amount Per Share/Split Ratio	Type
2010-09-10	$0.42000	Dividend
2010-06-10	$0.42000	Dividend
2010-03-10	$0.41000	Dividend
2009-12-10	$0.41000	Dividend
2009-09-10	$0.41000	Dividend
2008-09-10	$0.41000	Dividend
2008-02-06	$0.41000	Dividend
2007-11-07	$0.41000	Dividend
2007-08-08	$0.39000	Dividend
2007-05-08	$0.39000	Dividend
2007-02-07	$0.39000	Dividend
2006-11-08	$0.39000	Dividend
2006-08-08	$0.37000	Dividend
2006-05-08	$0.37000	Dividend
2006-02-08	$0.37000	Dividend
2005-11-08	$0.37000	Dividend
2005-08-08	$0.35000	Dividend
2005-05-06	$0.35000	Dividend
2005-02-08	$0.35000	Dividend

Company Profile

AMER ELEC PWR
1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus, OH 43215, USA
Phone: 614 716-1000
Fax: 614 223-1823
Web: www.aep.com
Email: jsloat@aep.com

Key Information

Sector:	Utilities
Industry:	UTIL-ELEC PWR
Analysts	15
Fiscal Year End:	December
Next Reported Fiscal Year:	2008
Last Reported Quarter:	6/30/2009

Management

Chmn.; Presi.; C.E.O.; Dir.	Michael G. Morris
Sr. V.P.; Contrl.; Chief Acctg. Off.	Joseph M. Buonaiuto
Dir.	Donald M. Carlton
Exec. V.P.; C.F.O.	Holly K. Koeppel
Dir.	Robert W. Fri

Competitors

SIC Code: 4911

Ticker	Company Name
EONGY	E.ON AG-ADR
RWEOY	RWE AG -SP ADR
KEP	KOREA ELEC PWR
NGG	NATL GRID -ADR
EDPFY	EDP SA-SPON ADR
CEG	CONSTELLATN EGY
EXC	EXELON CORP

American Electric Power Company AEP (NYSE) Financial Ratios

P/E
Current FY Estimate	10.73
Trailing 12 Months	10.03
PEG Ratio	2.82

EPS Growth
vs. Previous Year	-2.86%
vs. Previous Quarter	-23.60%

Sales Growth
vs. Previous Year	-8.57%
vs. Previous Quarter	-8.57%

Price Ratios
Price/Book	1.16
Price/Cash Flow	4.37
Price/Sales	1.03

ROE
06/30/2009	11.40
03/30/2009	11.58
12/30/2008	12.18

ROA
06/30/2009	2.86
03/30/2009	2.83
12/30/2008	3.02

Current Ratio
06/30/2009	0.78
03/30/2009	0.64
12/30/2008	0.60

Quick Ratio
06/30/2009	0.51
03/30/2009	0.44
12/30/2008	0.41

Operating Margin
06/30/2009	8.97
03/30/2009	8.51
12/30/2008	8.85

Net Margin
06/30/2009	8.35
03/30/2009	7.94
12/30/2008	9.39

Pre-Tax Margin
06/30/2009	12.17
03/30/2009	11.48
12/30/2008	13.93

Book Value
06/30/2009	26.77
03/30/2009	26.93
12/30/2008	26.50

Inventory Turnover
06/30/2009	8.93
03/30/2009	9.34
12/30/2008	9.25

Debt-to-Equity
06/30/2009	1.20
03/30/2009	1.45
12/30/2008	1.45

Debt-to-Capital
06/30/2009	54.70
03/30/2009	59.21
12/30/2008	59.33

Quick Quote

Updated as of 4:00pm

Last Trade:	36.17
Trade Time:	4:00pm
Change:	0.00
Open:	N/A
High:	N/A
Low:	N/A
Volume:	0

Security Details

Exchange	NYSE
CUSIP
Split Date	-
Split Factor	0
Shares outstanding	476.79
Beta	0.56

Detailed Quote as of 09/09/2009

Price	$30.99
52 Week High	$39.37
52 Week Low	$24.28
Price Change (4 weeks)	$-0.64
Price Change (12 weeks)	$10.68
Price Change (YTD)	$-6.88
Price Change (4 weeks) vs. S&P	$-1.22
Price Change (12 weeks) vs. S&P	$3.04
Price Change (YTD) vs. S&P	$-17.25
Average Daily Volume (20 Days)	2,765,770
Market Capitalization	$14,775.80

Price History

Earning Announcement

Last Confirmation Date	2010-07-23
Next Earnings Announcement Date	2010-07-30
Earnings Quarter	Q2
Announcement Status	Confirmed

Investor Conference Call

Date	2010-07-30
Time	09:00:00
URL	Conference Call Information

Last Dividend Payout

Announcement Date	2010-07-28
Record Date	2010-08-10
Pay Date	2010-09-10
Amount Per Share	$0.42

Board Shareholder Meeting

First Quarter	2010-04-29
Second Quarter	2009-07-31
Third Quarter	2009-10-29
Fourth Quarter	2010-01-28