What does generation and marketing — interest expense mean?

The cost of borrowing money to finance the segment's operations and assets.

How do you interpret generation and marketing — interest expense?

Rising interest expense relative to operating income indicates increasing financial leverage and potential margin compression.

How does generation and marketing — interest expense compare across companies?

Standard metric for assessing the cost of capital in debt-heavy utility segments.

American Electric Power AEP Generation And Marketing — Interest Expense

Similar metrics at other companies

NRGGeneration — Interest Expense

$6M-58.6%

AESUs Generation — Interest Expense

$65.5M-8.1%

AEEOperating Segments — Interest Expense

$109.25M+2.3%

CNP

CNPElectric — Interest expense and other finance charges

$131M+29.7%

FEOperating Segments — Interest Expense

$171M-1.2%

AESUtilities — Interest Expense

$77M0.0%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$6.0B+10.2%

Gross profit$3.9B+8.1%

Operating income$1.4B+5.9%

Net income$903.0M+12.6%

EPS (diluted)$1.60+6.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$339.0M+16.1%

Total debt$49.7B—

Total equity$31.8B+16.2%

Total assets$117.78B—

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.5B+4.8%

CapEx$965.0M—

Free cash flow$554.0M-61.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$69.48B+22.1%

Enterprise value$118.86B—

P/E21.9×+1.4×

P/S3.1×-0.1×

Profitability

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Operating margin19.2%-1.0pp

Net margin13.1%-1.5pp

FCF margin19.4%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.6%-0.6pp

Debt / equity1.6×—

Current ratio0.5×—

Where this comes from

Reported directly by American Electric Power in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:InterestExpense.

The official record: American Electric Power’s 10-K, filed February 24, 2022, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is American Electric Power's generation and marketing — interest expense?: American Electric Power (AEP) reported generation and marketing — interest expense of $3.9M in Q4 2021.
What does generation and marketing — interest expense mean?: The cost of borrowing money to finance the segment's operations and assets.
How do you interpret generation and marketing — interest expense?: Rising interest expense relative to operating income indicates increasing financial leverage and potential margin compression.
How does generation and marketing — interest expense compare across companies?: Standard metric for assessing the cost of capital in debt-heavy utility segments.