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The price of AES Corp (NYSE: AES) closed at $14.32 in the last session, up 0.70% from day before closing price of $14.22. In other words, the price has increased by $0.70 from its previous closing price. On the day, 7.74 million shares were traded. AES stock price reached its highest trading level at $14.725 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $14.29.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at AES’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.66 and its Current Ratio is at 0.72. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 5.15 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 4.42.
On October 07, 2025, Evercore ISI started tracking the stock assigning a In-line rating and target price of $15.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, AES now has a Market Capitalization of 10197571584 and an Enterprise Value of 46999572480. As of this moment, AES’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 8.72, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.19. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.77. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.84 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.64. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.886 whereas that against EBITDA is 14.66.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AES is 0.98, which has changed by 0.22497857 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.19362879 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AES has reached a high of $15.51, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.46. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 2.35%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 13.01%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, AES traded on average about 7.74M shares per day over the past 3-months and 6686620 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 712.12M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 708.59M. Insiders hold about 0.50% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 90.39% stake in the company. Shares short for AES as of 1765756800 were 21926470 with a Short Ratio of 2.83, compared to 1763078400 on 24691788. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 21926470 and a Short% of Float of 3.54.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for AES is 0.70, which was 0.704 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.04779362. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.63. The current Payout Ratio is 29.33% for AES, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-10-31 with an ex-dividend date of 2026-01-30. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2000-06-02 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
A detailed examination of AES Corp (AES) is currently in progress, with 8.0 analysts providing valuable insights into its market dynamics.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.47, with high estimates of $0.57 and low estimates of $0.3.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.25 and $2.07 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.16. EPS for the following year is $2.31, with 14.0 analysts recommending between $2.75 and $2.0.
Revenue Estimates
According to 3 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $3.05B. It ranges from a high estimate of $3.11B to a low estimate of $2.98B. As of. The current estimate, AES Corp’s year-ago sales were $2.96BFor the next quarter, 3 analysts are estimating revenue of $3.05B. There is a high estimate of $3.26B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $2.96B.
A total of 5 analysts have provided revenue estimates for AES’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $12.24B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $11.96B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $12.13B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $12.28BBased on 9 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $12.46B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $14.73B and the low estimate is $10.77B.
