The AES Co. (NYSE:AES – Free Report) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for AES in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, June 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the utilities provider will earn $0.28 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.31. The consensus estimate for AES’s current full-year earnings is $1.91 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AES’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.33 EPS.
AES (NYSE:AES – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 3rd. The utilities provider reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.16. AES had a return on equity of 36.23% and a net margin of 4.40%. The company had revenue of $3.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.20 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.22 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year.
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AES Price Performance
NYSE AES opened at $18.47 on Friday. AES has a 12-month low of $11.43 and a 12-month high of $22.60. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $19.31 and its 200-day moving average is $18.01. The company has a market capitalization of $13.13 billion, a PE ratio of 25.65 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a quick ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.04.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On AES
Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Capital World Investors increased its holdings in AES by 76.9% in the fourth quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 71,348,566 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,373,460,000 after purchasing an additional 31,009,718 shares during the period. Capital International Investors increased its stake in shares of AES by 11.4% in the first quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 77,641,395 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,392,110,000 after buying an additional 7,969,594 shares during the period. M&G Plc bought a new position in shares of AES during the first quarter worth about $123,272,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of AES by 70.8% in the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 6,441,980 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $124,008,000 after acquiring an additional 2,670,001 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in AES by 2.2% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 89,725,232 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,608,773,000 after acquiring an additional 1,929,523 shares during the last quarter. 93.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
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.
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