Comparison

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC (AEP) vs XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL)

The same filed metrics for both companies, side by side.

What each names as a risk in its own annual report, how each is priced against its own history, and the tracked managers whose latest 13F reports a position in both.

Financials

AEP

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC

Utilities—Regulated Electric

Revenue, FY25: $21.88B
Net income: $3.7B
Operating cash flow: $6.94B
Free cash flow: -
Net margin: 16.90%
Operating margin: 24.31%
Gross margin: -

XEL

XCEL ENERGY INC

Utilities—Regulated Electric

Revenue, FY25: -
Net income: $2.02B
Operating cash flow: $4.08B
Free cash flow: −$6.83B
Net margin: -
Operating margin: -
Gross margin: -

Head-to-head

Filed growth, quality and valuation, read against each company’s own history rather than against the other side.

Metric	AEP	XEL
Revenue growth, latest filed year	+10.93%	-
Piotroski F-score	5 of 8	4 of 6
P/E against its own history	about normal	about normal

What each says it is exposed to

From Item 1A of each company’s most recent 10-K.

AEP

Climate
Supply chain
Tariffs
Cybersecurity
Litigation
Commodity prices

And 10 more.

XEL

Climate
Cybersecurity
Commodity prices
Interest rates
Energy prices
Labour

And 9 more.

Tracked managers holding both

Joel Greenblatt Gotham Asset Management 0.03% · 0.00%

Updated Aug 20, 2026 · the newer of the two companies' filings