The AES Co. (NYSE:AES) to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $0.22 Per Share, Zacks Research Forecasts

The AES Co. (NYSE:AES) – Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of AES in a report issued on Monday, September 30th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings per share of $0.22 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.21. The consensus estimate for AES’s current full-year earnings is $1.90 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AES’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.30 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.37 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.14 EPS.

AES (NYSE:AES) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 1st. The utilities provider reported $0.38 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $2.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.22 billion. AES had a return on equity of 32.74% and a net margin of 6.07%. The firm’s revenue was down 2.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.21 earnings per share.

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on AES. Jefferies Financial Group began coverage on shares of AES in a research report on Wednesday, September 11th. They set a “buy” rating and a $20.00 target price on the stock. Evercore ISI upgraded AES to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. Finally, Barclays cut their price target on AES from $23.00 to $22.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, July 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, six have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $21.50.

AES Stock Up 0.9 %

Shares of NYSE AES opened at $20.25 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $17.69 and a 200 day moving average price of $18.20. The company has a current ratio of 0.97, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.63. AES has a 12-month low of $11.43 and a 12-month high of $22.21. The company has a market cap of $14.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.11 and a beta of 1.07.

AES Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 1st were given a $0.1725 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 1st. This represents a $0.69 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.41%. AES’s payout ratio is 95.83%.

Institutional Trading of AES

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund acquired a new position in shares of AES during the 2nd quarter valued at about $804,000. Sanctuary Advisors LLC acquired a new position in AES during the second quarter valued at approximately $567,000. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its position in shares of AES by 32.7% in the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 100,516 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,766,000 after purchasing an additional 24,764 shares during the period. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of AES in the second quarter worth $179,000. Finally, Quarry LP boosted its holdings in shares of AES by 76.8% during the 2nd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 107,425 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,887,000 after buying an additional 46,671 shares during the period. 93.13% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About AES

The AES Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified power generation and utility company in the United States and internationally. The company owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries; owns and/or operates utilities to generate or purchase, distribute, transmit, and sell electricity to end-user customers in the residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental sectors; and generates and sells electricity on the wholesale market.