Is AEP a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores American Electric Power Company, Inc. on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how AEP compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is American Electric Power Company, Inc.'s AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to AEP based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes AEP a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

AEP - American Electric Power Company, Inc.

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Stable Earnings Power

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

C- 50.8 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for stable earnings power businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 20%

C 53.0

5yr Avg ROIC 5.1% 36/100
Operating Margin Trend +1.57 pp/yr 94/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

C 51.2

5yr Avg ROE 8.7% 54/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR 0.9% 47/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 15%

B+ 75.4

5yr Revenue CAGR 7.0% 70/100
5yr EPS CAGR 7.6% 68/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 5/5 100/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

C- 45.1

5yr FCF Margin 6.5% 56/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.32x 32/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 20%

F 19.7

Net Debt / EBITDA 5.66x 10/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 2.61x 39/100
Altman Z-Score 0.97 14/100

Stability

Weight: 15%

B 70.0

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.31 56/100
Piotroski F-Score 6 67/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 0/5 100/100

5 of 5 gurus held; 1 new buy; 2 added; 1 trimmed; 1 full exit.

Holders: 5 +1
Avg Δ position: +8.7%
New buys: 1
Full exits: 1

Dalio new
Laffont sold -100%
Wood increased +76%

How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (20%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (15%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (15%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (20%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (15%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.