What is American Electric Power's interest expense?

American Electric Power (AEP) reported interest expense of $552M in Q1 2026.

How has American Electric Power's interest expense changed year-over-year?

American Electric Power's interest expense increased by 11.5% year-over-year, from $495M to $552M.

What does interest expense mean?

Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.

American Electric Power AEP Interest Expense

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$901M+19.2%

Nextra EnergyNEE

$1.03B+63.4%

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$59.9M-11.0%

FirstEnergyFE

$326M+13.2%

Duke EnergyDUK

$897M+8.9%

Xcel EnergyXEL

$412M+24.1%

Segments

By segment

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VIU$245M+22.5%

T&D$105M-6.3%

State Transcos$84M—

G&M$1M-50.0%

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$74.54B+37.1%

Enterprise value$123.93B—

P/E23.5×+1.5×

P/S3.3×-0.2×

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:InterestExpenseNonoperating.

The official record: American Electric Power’s 10-Q, filed May 5, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is American Electric Power's interest expense?: American Electric Power (AEP) reported interest expense of $552M in Q1 2026.
How has American Electric Power's interest expense changed year-over-year?: American Electric Power's interest expense increased by 11.5% year-over-year, from $495M to $552M.
What does interest expense mean?: Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.