Zacks Research Issues Optimistic Estimate for AES Earnings

The AES Co. (NYSE:AES) – Analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of AES in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, March 26th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will earn $0.48 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.45. The consensus estimate for AES’s current full-year earnings is $1.93 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AES’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.51 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.62 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.54 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.16 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.19 EPS.

AES has been the topic of several other reports. Seaport Res Ptn lowered AES from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Monday, March 3rd. Mizuho cut their target price on shares of AES from $16.00 to $15.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. Bank of America raised shares of AES from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their price target for the company from $11.00 to $13.00 in a research report on Tuesday, March 4th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of AES to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 13th. Finally, HSBC started coverage on AES in a research note on Friday, December 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $17.00 target price on the stock. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, six have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $16.63.

AES Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of NYSE:AES opened at $12.42 on Friday. AES has a 12-month low of $9.88 and a 12-month high of $22.21. The company has a current ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $11.35 and its 200-day moving average price is $13.83. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 0.94.

AES (NYSE:AES) last issued its earnings results on Friday, February 28th. The utilities provider reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.20. The business had revenue of $2.96 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.07 billion. AES had a return on equity of 27.30% and a net margin of 8.34%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.73 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Point72 Asset Management L.P. bought a new stake in shares of AES during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $121,627,000. FMR LLC grew its position in shares of AES by 19.5% in the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 49,173,626 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $632,865,000 after buying an additional 8,027,426 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of AES by 35.7% in the 4th quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 28,571,119 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $367,499,000 after acquiring an additional 7,519,129 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in AES by 64.2% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 15,948,807 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $205,261,000 after acquiring an additional 6,238,087 shares during the period. Finally, State Street Corp boosted its stake in AES by 18.2% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 38,651,752 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $775,354,000 after acquiring an additional 5,960,546 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.13% of the company’s stock.

AES Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 1st will be issued a $0.176 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 1st. This represents a $0.70 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.67%. AES’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 29.54%.

AES Company Profile

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.