American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP), headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, generates, transmits, and distributes electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers. With a market cap of $55.8 billion, the company operates approximately 225,000 circuit miles of distribution lines that delivers electricity to 5.6 million customers. The domestic electric utility company is expected to announce its fiscal first-quarter earnings for 2025 before the market opens on Tuesday, May 6.
Ahead of the event, analysts expect AEP to report a profit of $1.88 per share on a diluted basis, up 48% from $1.27 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company beat or matched the consensus estimates in three of the last four quarters while missing the forecast on another occasion.
