American Electric Power's Q2 Highlights: Mixed Results, Job Cuts, Maintains Guidance
American Electric Power's Q2 Highlights: Mixed Results, Job Cuts, Maintains Guidance
American Electric Power Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEP) reported the second quarter 2024 revenue of $4.60 billion, missing the consensus of $4.74 billion.
美国电力公司（NASDAQ:AEP）报告2024年第二季度营业收入4600万美元，未达到47.4亿美元的共识。
Commercial load increased by 12.4% Y/Y, driven by over a 20% gain at its Transmission & Distribution companies, with new data processing facilities coming online.
商业负载同比增长12.4％，受输电和配电公司超过20％的增长驱动，新的数据处理设施投入使用。
Total energy distribution rose 2.0% Y/Y in the Vertically Integrated Utilities segment and 12.0% in the Transmission & Distribution Utilities segment.
垂直综合公用事业板块的总能源分配同比增长2.0％，输电和配电公用事业板块同比增长12.0％。
Adjusted operating earnings rose to $662.0 million from $582.2 million a year ago.
调整后的营业收益从去年的5,822万美元上升到6,620万美元。
Adjusted operating earnings from Vertically Integrated Utilities fell to $244.8 million from $260.4 million the prior year, and AEP Transmission Holdco grew to $208.9 million from $196.5 million in the prior year's quarter.
垂直综合公用事业调整后的营业收益从去年的2,604万美元下降到2,448万美元，而AEP Transmission Holdco从去年的1,965万美元增长到2,089万美元。
Adjusted EPS of $1.25 beat the consensus of $1.23.
调整后的每股收益为1.25美元，超过1.23美元的共识。
In the quarter, the company launched a voluntary workforce reduction program involving around 1,000 employees and expects to see the program's benefits in the latter half of the year.
在这个季度，公司启动了涉及大约1,000名员工的自愿减员计划，并预计将在今年下半年看到该计划的好处。
FY24 Outlook: American Electric Power reiterated adjusted operating earnings per share guidance at $5.53-$5.73 vs. consensus of $5.62.
FY24展望：美国电力重申调整后的每股收益指导为5.53美元至5.73美元，而共识为5.62美元。
The company also maintained a long-term growth rate outlook of 6% to 7%.
公司还保持了长期增长率展望为6％至7％。
In June, American Electric appointed William J. "Bill" Fehrman as president and CEO, effective August 1, 2024.
2024年8月1日生效，任命威廉J. “比尔”菲尔曼为总裁兼首席执行官。
Ben Fowke, interim chief executive officer and president, said, "To help meet the growing energy needs of our customers and communities, we're making steady progress transforming our generation fleet with active requests for proposals and plans to add more than 20 gigawatts of new resources over the next decade."
代理首席执行官兼总裁Ben Fowke表示：“为了满足客户和社区日益增长的能源需求，我们正在以积极的招标和计划为基础使我们的发电设施转型，未来十年计划新增2000兆瓦的新资源。
"In June, Public Service Company of Oklahoma announced it will seek regulatory approval of an agreement to purchase Green Country, a 795-megawatt natural gas generation facility that will serve as a reliable and affordable local energy resource for customers."
“6月，俄克拉荷马公用服务公司宣布，将寻求获得一份购买Green Country的协议，Green Country是一家拥有795兆瓦天然气发电设施，将为客户提供可靠而经济实惠的本地能源资源。”
Investors can gain exposure to the stock via SPDR Select Sector Fund – Utilities (NYSE:XLU) and Opal Dividend Income ETF (NYSE:DIVZ).
投资者可以通过SPDR Select Sector Fund - Utilities（纽交所：XLU）和Opal Dividend Income ETF（纽交所：DIVZ）获得该股票的投资回报。
Price Action: AEP shares are down 0.18% at $96.90 premarket at the last check Tuesday.
截至上周二最后一次检查，AEP股票预市下跌0.18％，为96.90美元。
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