All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
AEP real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, AEP returned +4.61% over the past year and +5.02% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 2, 1962, AEP is up +1,135.70% in real purchasing-power return, or +3.96%/yr, and is currently −11.33% below its real total-return high on Jun. 26, 2026.
Data ending Fri Oct. 9, 2026
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEP × |
+1,135.70%
+3.96%/yr |
+4.75%/yr
R2=0.811 |
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| American Electric Power Co Inc NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| AEP × |
$10,000.00
1962-01-02 |
$123,569.74
2026-10-09 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| AEP × | +5.02% | +4.61% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| AEP × |
−11.33%
on 2026-10-09 from 2026-06-26 peak |
−76.16%
on 1974-12-23 from 1965-02-02 peak |
| Period ending Fri 2026-10-09 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEP × | +4.61% |
+26.04% +12.27%/yr |
+70.07% +19.36%/yr |
+43.83% +7.54%/yr |
+102.64% +7.32%/yr |
| Year | AEP |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +5.02% |
| 2025 | +26.01% |
| 2024 | +14.87% |
| 2023 | −13.86% |
| 2022 | +3.68% |
| 2021 | +3.40% |
| 2020 | −10.23% |
| 2019 | +27.60% |
| 2018 | +3.41% |
| 2017 | +18.45% |
| 2016 | +9.65% |
| 2015 | −1.10% |
| 2014 | +34.04% |
| 2013 | +12.49% |
| 2012 | +6.37% |
| 2011 | +17.24% |
| 2010 | +6.99% |
| 2009 | +7.45% |
| 2008 | −25.52% |
| 2007 | +8.60% |
| 2006 | +16.66% |
| 2005 | +8.59% |
| 2004 | +13.82% |
| 2003 | +17.04% |
| 2002 | −34.35% |
| 2001 | −2.79% |
| 2000 | +49.77% |
| 1999 | −29.25% |
| 1998 | −5.62% |
| 1997 | +30.45% |
| 1996 | +4.09% |
| 1995 | +28.67% |
| 1994 | −7.16% |
| 1993 | +16.50% |
| 1992 | +1.21% |
| 1991 | +28.80% |
| 1990 | −13.23% |
| 1989 | +25.76% |
| 1988 | +7.99% |
| 1987 | −0.59% |
| 1986 | +25.02% |
| 1985 | +19.40% |
| 1984 | +34.52% |
| 1983 | +4.75% |
| 1982 | +19.85% |
| 1981 | +1.42% |
| 1980 | −8.19% |
| 1979 | −17.08% |
| 1978 | −12.85% |
| 1977 | −2.57% |
| 1976 | +26.49% |
| 1975 | +52.04% |
| 1974 | −45.04% |
| 1973 | −17.85% |
| 1972 | +1.54% |
| 1971 | +9.54% |
| 1970 | −4.51% |
| 1969 | −24.86% |
| 1968 | −0.57% |
| 1967 | −9.78% |
| 1966 | −13.84% |
| 1965 | −3.26% |
| 1964 | +8.84% |
| 1963 | +11.50% |
| 1962 | +2.46% |
