Question 1

Which is bigger, AEP or DUK?

Accepted Answer

Duke Energy Corporation is the larger company — market cap $94.6B vs $69.2B for American Electric Power Company, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, AEP or DUK?

Accepted Answer

DUK keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 15.8% vs 10.4% for AEP.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, AEP or DUK?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, DUK trades at a lower P/E — 18.0 vs 21.6 for AEP. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, AEP or DUK?

Accepted Answer

DUK yields 3.58% vs 3.02% for AEP.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — AEP or DUK?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, AEP leads 6 of 12 comparable metrics and DUK leads 6. StockCV rates AEP “Strained” and DUK “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	AEP	DUK
Price	$127.14	$121.35
Market cap	$69.2B	$94.6B
Revenue (TTM)	$22.8B	$33.3B
Revenue growth	+3.5%	+3.9%
Net margin	10.4%	15.8%
Free cash flow	$4.29B	-$4.27B
Net cash (debt)	($45.2B)	($82.5B)
1-year price return	+8.2%	-4.7%
P/E	21.6	18.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	31%	95%
Dividend yield	3.02%	3.58%
Return on equity	10%	10%
Altman Z-score	0.75	0.56
CV checks passed	9 of 11	8 of 11
Employees	17,581	26,441

American Electric Power Company, Inc. vs Duke Energy Corporation