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As of close of business last night, AES Corp’s stock clocked out at $12.41, down -6.41% from its previous closing price of $13.26. In other words, the price has decreased by -$6.41 from its previous closing price. On the day, 35.35 million shares were traded. AES stock price reached its highest trading level at $13.11 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $12.36.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of AES’s stock, we examine its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.78 and its Current Ratio is at 0.84. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 7.00 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 6.05.
On May 20, 2025, Jefferies Downgraded its rating to Underperform which previously was Hold but kept the price unchanged to $9.
Jefferies Downgraded its Buy to Hold on April 10, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $10.
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 8834964480 and an Enterprise Value of 42009427968. As of this moment, AES’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 6.78, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.58. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.44. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.73 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.55. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.466 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.265.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AES is 0.93, which has changed by -0.34303862 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11844492 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AES has reached a high of $20.30, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.46. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 14.06%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.97%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that AES traded 17.60M shares on average per day over the past three months and 24691750 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 711.91M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 708.34M. Insiders hold about 0.50% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 90.55% stake in the company. Shares short for AES as of 1749772800 were 38843352 with a Short Ratio of 2.21, compared to 1747267200 on 38325039. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 38843352 and a Short% of Float of 6.2700000000000005.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 0.697, AES has a forward annual dividend rate of 0.70. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.052564103The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.42. The current Payout Ratio is 29.33% for AES, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-01 with an ex-dividend date of 1746057600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2000-06-02 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
