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After finishing at $17.08 in the prior trading day, AES Corp. (NYSE: AES) closed at $17.10, up 0.12%. In other words, the price has increased by $0.12 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.64 million shares were traded. AES stock price reached its highest trading level at $17.28 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $17.06.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of AES by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.71 and its Current Ratio is at 0.78. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 6.72 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 5.76.
On April 18, 2024, Mizuho started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $21.
UBS Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on October 06, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $22 to $13.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 06 ’24 when Kohan Sherry sold 15,000 shares for $20.35 per share. The transaction valued at 305,250 led to the insider holds 43,334 shares of the business.
Mendoza Tish sold 66,250 shares of AES for $1,405,162 on May 20 ’24. The EVP & Chief HR Officer now owns 199,481 shares after completing the transaction at $21.21 per share. On May 20 ’24, another insider, Da Santos Bernerd, who serves as the EVP and President, Renewables of the company, sold 66,250 shares for $21.15 each. As a result, the insider received 1,401,188 and left with 300,672 shares of the company.
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 12152406016 and an Enterprise Value of 45124399104. As of this moment, AES’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 23.68, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.20. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.88. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.97 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.19. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.606 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.237.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, AES has reached a high of $22.60, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $11.43. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -12.06%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.50%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 7.79M shares per day over the past 3-months and 6815243 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 710.67M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 709.44M. Insiders hold about 0.17% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.16% stake in the company. Shares short for AES as of 1719532800 were 21790548 with a Short Ratio of 2.80, compared to 1717113600 on 17494483. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 21790548 and a Short% of Float of 4.67.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, AES’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.677, compared to 0.68 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.039637003The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.04.
