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The price of AES Corp (NYSE: AES) closed at $11.14 in the last session, up 8.90% from day before closing price of $10.23. In other words, the price has increased by $8.90 from its previous closing price. On the day, 19.45 million shares were traded. AES stock price reached its highest trading level at $11.23 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $9.91.
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 0.73 and its Current Ratio is at 0.80. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 6.42 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 5.64.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, BofA Securities on March 04, 2025, Upgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $13 from $11 previously.
On December 13, 2024, HSBC Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $17.HSBC Securities initiated its Buy rating on December 13, 2024, with a $17 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. 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.
Da Santos Bernerd sold 66,250 shares of AES for $1,401,188 on May 20 ’24. The EVP and President, Renewables now owns 300,672 shares after completing the transaction at $21.15 per share. On May 20 ’24, another insider, Mendoza Tish, who serves as the EVP & Chief HR Officer of the company, sold 66,250 shares for $21.21 each. As a result, the insider received 1,405,162 and left with 199,481 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 7930577408 and an Enterprise Value of 41422286848. As of this moment, AES’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 4.69, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.02. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.73. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.65 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.17. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.374 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.629.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AES is 0.97, which has changed by -0.3748597 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.049593568 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AES has reached a high of $22.21, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.88. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.19%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -24.61%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, AES traded on average about 15.65M shares per day over the past 3-months and 13831310 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 711.07M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 708.30M. Insiders hold about 0.51% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 93.72% stake in the company. Shares short for AES as of 1741910400 were 30564093 with a Short Ratio of 1.95, compared to 1739491200 on 40255648. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 30564093 and a Short% of Float of 4.93.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for AES is 0.69, which was 0.693 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.06774194The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.28. The current Payout Ratio is 29.33% for AES, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-01-31 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.
