American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP)

Nasdaq Stock Exchange
USD
US0255371017
2 January 1962  –  11 October 2024

Performance

Annualized Return
7.68%
Sharpe Ratio
0.46
Maximum Drawdown
-62.75%

Metrics

Metric American Electric Power Company, Inc.
Initial Balance $10,000
Final Balance $1,043,368
Returns   [View more details]
Month-To-Date -4.24%
Year-To-Date 24.68%
3M 12.34%
6M 20.2%
Annual Return (3Y) 10.07%
Annual Return (5Y) 4.94%
Annual Return (All) 7.68%
Risk   [View more details]
Annual Volatility 20.75%
Max Drawdown -62.75%
Sharpe Ratio 0.46
Sortino Ratio 0.67
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.47

  • Initial balance: The amount of starting capital used to invest in the asset or portfolio. In this case, we're starting with a $10,000 investment on January 1962.
  • Final balance: The amount of capital we've accrued over time as of October 2024.
  • Annual return: Also known as annualized return, or CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), measures how much an investment has increased on average each year, during a specific time period. The time period in this case is approximately 63 year(s). Even a small difference in return can have a big impact on the final balance over a long period of time.
  • Annual volatility: Basically indicates how much, in percentage points, the investment can deviate from its annual return, under most circumstances. An investment with an annual return of 5% and an annual volatility of 10% would indicate returns from approximately -5% to 15% most of the time. A lower volatility is usually preferred to ensure more steady returns over time.
  • Best year: The best performance attained over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Worst year: The worst performance undergone over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Max drawdown: The largest percentage drop from a peak to a trough of an asset or portfolio, before a new peak is attained. Maximum drawdown is an indicator of downside risk over a specified time period.
  • Sharpe Ratio: The Sharpe ratio measures the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. A Sharpe Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Sortino Ratio: The Sortino Ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that only penalizes the investment for negative volatility/outcomes, and not for positive volatility. A Sortino Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Adjusted Sortino Ratio: Sortino Ratio/√2. To allow for comparing the Sortino ratio to the Sharpe ratio, we multiply the risk measure of the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2 (which is the same as dividing the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2).
  • Ulcer Index: The Ulcer Index (UI) is a technical indicator that measures downside risk in terms of both the depth and duration of price declines.
  • Gain to Pain Ratio: The sum of all returns divided by the absolute value of the sum of all negative returns. In essence, the GPR shows the ratio of net returns to the losses incurred in getting those returns.

Annualized Returns

Annual Return 1y Annual Return 3y Annual Return 5y Annual Return 10y Annual Return 20y Annual Return
American Electric Power Company, Inc. 36.05% 10.07% 4.94% 9.97% 10.01% 7.68%

Annual Returns

Year American Electric Power Company, Inc.
1962 4.07%
1963 13.5%
1964 10.21%
1965 -1.13%
1966 -10.47%
1967 -6.61%
1968 4.46%
1969 -19.83%
1970 0.81%
1971 13.12%
1972 4.98%
1973 -10.69%
1974 -38.25%
1975 62.58%
1976 32.65%
1977 3.96%
1978 -5.01%
1979 -6.03%
1980 3.31%
1981 10.47%
1982 24.44%
1983 8.71%
1984 39.84%
1985 23.93%
1986 26.4%
1987 3.81%
1988 12.75%
1989 29.04%
1990 -7.93%
1991 32.75%
1992 4.14%
1993 19.7%
1994 -4.68%
1995 31.94%
1996 7.54%
1997 32.67%
1998 -4.1%
1999 -27.36%
2000 54.85%
2001 -1.29%
2002 -32.79%
2003 19.24%
2004 17.53%
2005 12.32%
2006 19.6%
2007 13.05%
2008 -25.45%
2009 10.37%
2010 8.59%
2011 20.72%
2012 8.21%
2013 14.18%
2014 35.05%
2015 -0.38%
2016 11.92%
2017 20.95%
2018 5.38%
2019 30.52%
2020 -9.01%
2021 10.68%
2022 10.38%
2023 -10.98%
2024 24.68%

American Electric Power Company, Inc. had 45 positive years and 18 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 71%.

Monthly Returns

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD
1962 -5.3% 5.4% 4.2% -6.1% -7% -9.4% 15.5% -2% -1.4% -1.4% 5.7% 8.8% 4.1%
1963 -1.8% -4.9% 2.6% 6.6% -2% 0.7% 3.8% 1.7% -3% 4.4% -2% 7.3% 13.5%
1964 0.9% 1.9% -1.8% 1.8% -1.1% 7.3% 4% -2.7% 3.4% -3.3% -0.5% 0.3% 10.2%
1965 6.2% -4.5% 2.5% -3.8% 0.9% -4.8% -1.2% -1.1% 3.3% 2.3% -3.3% 2.9% -1.1%
1966 -8.6% -8.1% 4.8% 2.3% -6% 4.4% -3.2% -11.3% 4.9% 20.5% -7.1% 0.4% -10.5%
1967 4.5% -4.5% 2.3% -2.2% -2.5% -2.2% 3.4% -5.5% -0.7% -5.6% 7.5% -0.3% -6.6%
1968 4.5% -7.2% -4.6% 1.9% 1.9% 11.5% -2.6% -0.2% -0.7% 0% 5% -3.8% 4.5%
1969 6% -10.9% 0.4% 4.6% -0.6% -10.4% -5.6% -1.5% -6.5% 10.4% -7.7% 2.6% -19.8%
1970 -7.9% 10.2% 3.3% -9.6% -4.3% -17% 12.5% 6.3% -4.8% 1.5% 13.9% 1.8% 0.8%
1971 7% -2.8% 3.9% -5.8% -2.5% 4.6% -4.4% -2.1% -1.4% 7.2% 0.7% 9.5% 13.1%
1972 2.1% -3% -4.6% -1.8% -1.2% -1.4% 2.8% 1.6% -1.8% 7.9% 7.2% -2% 5%
1973 -2.1% -5.8% -6.9% 3% 1.7% 1.9% -0.5% -3.9% 10% -2.3% -12.9% 8.7% -10.7%
1974 3% 4.4% -7.1% -11.2% -5.4% -11.8% -2.8% -15.2% 6.8% 4% -4% -5% -38.3%
1975 28.7% -6.2% 0% 1.5% 9% 10.3% -1.3% -0.7% -0% 9.2% 4.9% -1.8% 62.6%
1976 8.9% -5.6% 2.4% 3.5% -2.9% 4.1% 2.3% 2.3% 3.3% 2.1% 0.6% 8.5% 32.7%
1977 -0% -4.9% 0.5% 4.2% -3% 2.1% 5.2% -3% 1% 0.5% 2.2% -0.5% 4%
1978 -2.1% -1.5% 1.6% -1.6% -2.7% 4% 6.6% -1% -1.6% -5.3% 2.3% -3.4% -5%
1979 7.7% -2.1% -0% -0.6% -3.3% 4.3% 1.8% -2.8% -6.7% -1.3% 3% -5.3% -6%
1980 2.1% -6.1% -3.8% 17.2% 3.7% 2% 0% -6.3% -2.9% 3.7% -7.8% 3.9% 3.3%
1981 2.2% -4% 3.1% -1.5% 4.5% 3.8% 0.7% 1.2% -4.5% 5.5% 5.7% -5.8% 10.5%
1982 4.6% 1.2% 2.3% 3.7% 0.4% -2.9% 0% 12.8% -1.4% 7% -3.8% -0.7% 24.4%
1983 9.2% -2.9% 2.1% 6.7% -1.6% -5.9% 7% -3.7% 4.9% 4.7% -2.9% -7.4% 8.7%
1984 7.3% -5.3% -3% 0.8% -2% 8.8% 3.7% 6.8% 5.5% 5.8% 3.5% 3.1% 39.8%
1985 1.2% 0.3% 3% 1.2% 8% 3.3% -1.6% -4.7% -4.1% 9% 2.6% 4.4% 23.9%
1986 7.9% 6.3% 4.7% -6.8% 2.2% 2.9% 10.8% 6.7% -12.6% 11.1% -1.1% -5.6% 26.4%
1987 13.6% -3.9% -3.8% -1.3% -3% 3.3% -0.5% 2.4% 0.5% -1.4% -5.4% 4.5% 3.8%
1988 13.3% -2.7% -4.4% -0.9% 8.8% 0.9% -0.9% -2.8% 1.4% 1.4% -1.5% 0.9% 12.8%
1989 1.8% -2.4% 0% 0.9% 5.1% 0.9% 11.7% -1.3% -0% 2.9% 0.4% 6.5% 29%
1990 -6.4% 0.7% -0.4% -4.1% 1.7% 2.6% 0.4% -9.5% 0% 5.7% 3% -0.9% -7.9%
1991 -1.8% 6% 2.2% 1.7% -1% -1.3% 4.4% 3.8% 1.7% 2.9% 2.3% 8.3% 32.8%
1992 -5.5% -2.8% -0.4% 4.1% 0.7% 0.8% 9% -4.8% 1.5% -1.5% -2.4% 6.4% 4.1%
1993 2.3% 7% 3.5% 0.7% -5.6% 9.4% 1.7% 2.6% -0.7% 0% -4.6% 2.8% 19.7%
1994 -2.7% -6.7% -7.2% 5.7% -9.5% -2.2% 8% 5.3% -0.4% 2% 5.1% -0.4% -4.7%
1995 6.5% -1.6% -6.3% 3.2% 6.5% 2.6% -1.8% 0.6% 6.6% 4.8% 0.6% 7.3% 31.9%
1996 9.3% -1.8% -2.6% -2.7% 0.3% 6.2% -2.6% 1.4% -2.1% 2.5% 1.1% -0.9% 7.5%
1997 0.6% 2.4% -1.2% -1.8% 1.8% 3.2% 6.7% -1% 4.2% 3.9% 6.2% 4.2% 32.7%
1998 -4.5% -1.5% 4.7% -5% -3.8% -0% -5.4% 6.9% 7.9% 0.3% -4.1% 1.5% -4.1%
1999 -6.9% -3.6% -4.7% 4.4% 6.2% -13.4% -5.8% 4.4% -6% 1.1% -7.5% 2.4% -27.4%
2000 4.3% -14.5% 6% 22.9% -1.2% -16.7% 10.8% 9% 11.4% 6% 12.5% 1.1% 54.9%
2001 -7% 11.4% -1.1% 5% 3% -8% -2.5% 3.1% -5.6% -3.1% -0.2% 5.5% -1.3%
2002 -4.1% 6.6% 5.1% -0.6% -5.5% -6.3% -17.8% 5.6% -16.4% -10.1% 13.3% -3.8% -32.8%
2003 -13.6% -5.3% 4.9% 15.5% 11.6% 2.7% -5.9% 2.2% 6% -6% -0.5% 10.2% 19.2%
2004 7% 6.8% -4.6% -7.5% 5.6% 0.7% -2.8% 6.4% -2.4% 3% 4.8% 0.5% 17.5%
2005 2.7% -4.3% 2% 3.4% 2.3% 3.3% 5% -3% 6.8% -4.4% -2.8% 1.5% 12.3%
2006 0.6% -1.2% -6.8% -1.7% 3.6% -0.1% 5.5% 2% -0.3% 13.9% 1.2% 2.6% 19.6%
2007 2.2% 4.1% 8.6% 3% -4.4% -5.4% -3.4% 3.1% 3.6% 4.6% -0.3% -2.3% 13.1%
2008 -8.2% -3.3% 1.7% 7.2% -4.3% -5% -1.8% -0.1% -5.2% -11.9% -2.9% 6.4% -25.5%
2009 -5.8% -9.4% -10% 4.4% 1.4% 9.7% 7.2% 2.9% -1.4% -2.5% 7.9% 8.1% 10.4%
2010 -0.4% -1.8% 1.7% 0.4% -5.6% 1.1% 11.4% -0.4% 2.3% 3.3% -3.7% 1.1% 8.6%
2011 -0.8% 1.6% -1.8% 3.8% 6.1% -1.4% -2.2% 6.2% -1.6% 3.3% 2.2% 4.1% 20.7%
2012 -4.2% -3.8% 2.6% 0.7% 0.4% 3.6% 5.9% 2.9% 2.2% 1.1% -3% 0.1% 8.2%
2013 6.1% 4.4% 3.9% 5.8% -10% -2.3% 3.5% -6.7% 1.3% 8.1% 1.6% -0.7% 14.2%
2014 4.4% 3.9% 0.9% 6.2% 0.1% 4.5% -6.8% 4.3% -2.8% 11.7% -0.5% 5.5% 35.1%
2015 3.4% -7.5% -2.3% 1.1% -0.1% -5.9% 6.8% -3.1% 4.7% -0.4% -0.1% 4% -0.4%
2016 4.6% 2.2% 7.5% -4.4% 2.8% 8.3% -1.1% -6.1% -0.6% 1% -8.1% 6.6% 11.9%
2017 1.8% 5.5% 0.2% 1% 6.7% -3.2% 1.5% 5.3% -4.6% 5.9% 5.2% -5.2% 21%
2018 -6.5% -3.7% 4.6% 2% -2% 1.9% 2.7% 1.7% -1.2% 3.5% 6.9% -3.9% 5.4%
2019 5.9% 3.4% 3.2% 2.2% 1.5% 2.2% -0.2% 4.6% 2.8% 0.8% -2.5% 3.5% 30.5%
2020 10.3% -13.8% -10.4% 3.9% 3.5% -6.6% 9.1% -8.5% 3.7% 10% -4.8% -1.9% -9%
2021 -2.8% -6.6% 13.2% 4.7% -2.2% -1.6% 4.2% 2.5% -9.4% 4.4% -3.4% 9.8% 10.7%
2022 1.6% 1.2% 10.1% -0.7% 3.8% -6% 2.7% 2.5% -13.7% 1.7% 11.1% -1.9% 10.4%
2023 -1% -5.5% 3.4% 1.6% -9.3% 1.3% 0.6% -6.5% -4.1% 0.4% 6.5% 2.1% -11%
2024 -3.8% 10.3% 1.1% -0.1% 5.9% -2.8% 11.8% 3.1% 2.3% -4.2% - - 24.7%
Pos 61.3% 36.5% 61.7% 63.5% 50.8% 58.1% 59% 52.4% 45% 73.8% 51.6% 64.5% 71.4%
Avg 1.7% -1.4% 0.6% 1.5% 0.1% -0.1% 2.1% 0.2% -0.3% 2.7% 0.7% 1.9% 9.3%

Other Return Metrics

Metric American Electric Power Company, Inc.
Cumulative Return 10333.68%
Enh Ann Return 9.24%
Best Year 62.58%
Worst Year -38.25%
Best Month 28.7%
Worst Month -17.77%
Best Day 19.84%
Worst Day -22.78%
Win Ratio (Yearly) 71.43%
Win Ratio (Quarterly) 61.11%
Win Ratio (Monthly) 56.15%
Win Ratio (Daily) 51.69%

Annual Volatility

Annual Volatility 1y Annual Volatility 3y Annual Volatility 5y Annual Volatility 10y Annual Volatility 20y Annual Volatility
American Electric Power Company, Inc. 19.09% 20.77% 24.63% 20.88% 21.14% 20.75%

Sharpe Ratio

Sharpe Ratio 1y Sharpe Ratio 3y Sharpe Ratio 5y Sharpe Ratio 10y Sharpe Ratio 20y Sharpe Ratio
American Electric Power Company, Inc. 1.71 0.57 0.32 0.56 0.56 0.46

3-Year Rolling Sharpe Ratio

The rolling Sharpe Ratio gives a clue about the continued consistency or stability of the risk-adjusted returns.

Drawdown Periods

Simply said, a drawdown is the "pain" period experienced by an investor between a peak (new highs) and subsequent valley (a low point before moving higher). In the table below are the fifth largest drawdowns encountered for the portfolio/asset in question.

American Electric Power Company, Inc.

Start Valley End Days Drawdown
2001-05-25 2002-10-09 2006-10-10 1964 -62.75%
1965-02-03 1974-12-23 1978-08-03 4929 -59.63%
2007-04-25 2009-03-09 2011-12-22 1702 -48.43%
1998-10-09 2000-03-10 2000-11-30 783 -46.01%
2020-02-19 2020-03-23 2022-03-28 768 -32.91%

The American Electric Power Company, Inc. took approximately 68 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 164 months.

Underwater plot

The underwater plot shows you the drawdown periods on a chart. Whereas the performance chart usually gives you a positive viewpoint, the underwater plot gives you a pessimistic viewpoint. It helps you to visualize downtrends that occurred and how long it took for the portfolio's value to rebound to hit a new high after suffering a loss.

Other Risk Metrics

Metric American Electric Power Company, Inc.
Sharpe Ratio 0.46
Sortino Ratio 0.67
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.47
Calmar Ratio 0.12
Omega Ratio 1.09
Gain to Pain Ratio 0.09
Ulcer Index 0.18
Kelly Criterion 4.26%
Skew 0.17
Kurtosis 17.98
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