Amer. Elec Power Co Dividend yield

Amer. Elec Power Co is part of Electricity business, which is part of Utilities industry. Amer. Elec Power Co is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Amer. Elec Power Co stock dividend

Amer. Elec Power Co paid a total dividend of 1,706 million USD last year, for a market value of 40,298 millions (Market Cap 40,319 millions). Amer. Elec Power Co dividend per share is 3.32 USD, and his stock market price 78.40 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Amer. Elec Power Co has a dividend yield of 4.23%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. However, it is lower than the average of Utilities industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare Amer. Elec Power Co stocks dividend with other Electricity companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Amer. Elec Power Co Dividend Payout

About the ability of Amer. Elec Power Co to maintain his current dividend of USD 3.32 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.23%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Amer. Elec Power Co payout on ernings is currently 74.11%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that Amer. Elec Power Co can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Amer. Elec Power Co is USD 10.32 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 3.32, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Amer. Elec Power Co, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Utilities industry and Electricity sector companies.

Amer. Elec Power Co Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Amer. Elec Power Co's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	4.23%	3.32	74.11%	514
2022	3.50%	3.32	68.60%	514
2021	3.51%	3.12	32.26%	500
2020	3.55%	2.96	76.49%	496
2019	2.96%	2.80	72.35%	493
2018	3.59%	2.68	69.97%	493
2017	3.37%	2.48	198.40%	492
2016	4.00%	2.36	56.73%	492
2015	4.00%	2.24	66.47%	487

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Amer. Elec Power Co dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Electricity stocks.

Amer. Elec Power Co Stock performance

Finally, last moth Amer. Elec Power Co showed a return of -7.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -21.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Electricity firms.