American Electric Power Reports Q1 Revenue Miss, Plans $27B Investment To 'Enhance Resiliency'
American Electric Power Reports Q1 Revenue Miss, Plans $27B Investment To 'Enhance Resiliency'
American Electric Power Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEP) reported the first quarter 2024 revenue of $5 billion, missing the consensus of $5.02 billion.
美國電力公司（納斯達克股票代碼：AEP）報告稱，2024年第一季度收入爲50億美元，未達到50.2億美元的共識。
Commercial load grew by 10.5% Y/Y, led by strategic economic development focus on supporting community growth.
商業負荷同比增長10.5％，這得益於以支持社區增長爲重點的戰略經濟發展。
Total energy distribution rose 5.2% Y/Y to 26,882 million KWH in the Vertically Integrated Utilities segment and 8.4% Y/Y to 21,853 million KWH in the Transmission & Distribution Utilities segment.
垂直整合公用事業板塊的總能量分配同比增長5.2％，達到268.82億千瓦時，輸電和配電公用事業板塊的總能量分配同比增長8.4％，達到218.53億千瓦時。
Adjusted operating earnings rose to $670.4 million from $571.6 million a year ago.
調整後的營業收益從去年同期的5.716億美元增至6.704億美元。
Adjusted operating earnings from Vertically Integrated Utilities increased to $300.3 million from $265.2 million the prior year, and AEP Transmission Holdco grew to $208.7 million from $181.5 million in the prior year's quarter.
垂直整合公用事業公司的調整後營業收益從去年的2.652億美元增至3.03億美元，AEP Transmission Holdco從去年同期的1.815億美元增至2.087億美元。
Adjusted EPS of $1.27 beat the consensus of $1.26.
調整後的每股收益爲1.27美元，超過了市場普遍的1.26美元。
The company closed the sale of its New Mexico solar assets in February and continues to work through the final phases of the process for the AEP Energy retail and AEP OnSite Partners distributed resources businesses. This process will be completed by the second quarter earnings call this year.
該公司於2月份完成了對新墨西哥州太陽能資產的出售，並將繼續完成AEP Energy零售和AEP OnSite Partners分佈式資源業務流程的最後階段。這一過程將在今年第二季度業績電話會議之前完成。
FY24 Outlook: American Electric Power reiterated adjusted operating earnings per share guidance at $5.53-$5.73 vs. consensus of $5.59.
24財年展望：美國電力重申調整後的每股營業收益預期爲5.53美元至5.73美元，而市場普遍預期爲5.59美元。
Ben Fowke, interim chief executive officer and president said, "Despite mild weather, AEP achieved solid quarterly earnings results, driven by our continued investments in a modern, reliable grid to serve our customers and communities."
臨時首席執行官兼總裁本·福克表示：“儘管天氣溫和，但AEP取得了穩健的季度收益業績，這得益於我們持續投資現代化、可靠的電網以服務我們的客戶和社區。”
"We're making significant progress executing our robust capital plan focused on wires and new generation resources to meet customer demand. This includes investing more than $27 billion in the transmission and distribution systems over the next five years to harden the grid and enhance resiliency."
“我們在執行強有力的資本計劃方面取得了重大進展，該計劃側重於電線和新一代資源，以滿足客戶需求。這包括在未來五年內在輸電和配電系統上投資超過270億美元，以鞏固電網並增強彈性。”
"We've also secured approval for $6.6 billion of our planned $9.4 billion investment in regulated renewables, with active RFPs for additional diverse generation resources in our operating companies,"
“我們還獲得了對受監管可再生能源的94億美元投資中的66億美元獲得批准，運營公司還積極徵求了更多多樣化發電資源的徵求建議書，”
Investors can gain exposure to the stock via First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF (NYSE:ECLN) and Opal Dividend Income ETF (NYSE:DIVZ).
投資者可以通過第一信託EIP碳影響ETF（紐約證券交易所代碼：ECLN）和Opal股息收益ETF（紐約證券交易所代碼：DIVZ）獲得股票敞口。
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Price Action: AEP shares are up 0.95% at $87.49 at the last check Tuesday.
價格走勢：在週二的最後一次檢查中，AEP股價上漲0.95％，至87.49美元。