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As of close of business last night, AES Corp’s stock clocked out at $12.73, down -5.21% from its previous closing price of $13.43. In other words, the price has decreased by -$5.21 from its previous closing price. On the day, 9.69 million shares were traded. AES stock price reached its highest trading level at $13.48 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $12.67.
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 0.74 and its Current Ratio is at 0.82. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 5.46 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 4.79.
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 9064395776 and an Enterprise Value of 45099388928. As of this moment, AES’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 8.99, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.55. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.93. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.75 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.69. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.748 whereas that against EBITDA is 14.662.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AES is 0.90, which has changed by -0.2233069 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.21149921 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 8.65%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 4.66%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that AES traded 17.57M shares on average per day over the past three months and 11083340 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 711.92M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 708.47M. Insiders hold about 0.50% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 90.92% stake in the company. Shares short for AES as of 1752537600 were 33825586 with a Short Ratio of 1.93, compared to 1749772800 on 38843352. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 33825586 and a Short% of Float of 5.46.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 0.7, AES has a forward annual dividend rate of 0.70. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.052122112The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.44. The current Payout Ratio is 29.33% for AES, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-08-01 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-01. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2000-06-02 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
