The AES Co. (NYSE:AES) Expected to Earn FY2025 Earnings of $2.07 Per Share

The AES Co. (NYSE:AES) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research decreased their FY2025 earnings estimates for AES in a research note issued on Wednesday, March 27th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the utilities provider will earn $2.07 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $2.08. The consensus estimate for AES’s current full-year earnings is $1.90 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AES’s FY2026 earnings at $2.07 EPS.

AES (NYSE:AES) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.06. AES had a net margin of 2.12% and a return on equity of 38.76%. The company had revenue of $2.97 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.36 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.49 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was down 3.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other brokerages have also recently weighed in on AES. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of AES from $21.00 to $20.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 14th. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $25.00 target price on shares of AES in a research report on Monday. Finally, Argus reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $25.00 price target on shares of AES in a report on Tuesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $21.57.

AES Price Performance

Shares of AES stock opened at $17.25 on Thursday. AES has a twelve month low of $11.43 and a twelve month high of $25.74. The company has a quick ratio of 0.61, a current ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.42. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $16.27 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $16.53. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.99 and a beta of 1.07.

AES Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 1st will be given a dividend of $0.1725 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 30th. This represents a $0.69 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.00%. AES’s payout ratio is presently 209.10%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Capital World Investors raised its holdings in AES by 76.9% during the fourth quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 71,348,566 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,373,460,000 after buying an additional 31,009,718 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its stake in shares of AES by 38.6% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 36,821,650 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $559,689,000 after acquiring an additional 10,256,781 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of AES by 70.8% in the 4th 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 in the last quarter. Capital International Investors grew its position in AES by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 69,671,801 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,341,277,000 after buying an additional 2,537,128 shares during the period. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP grew its position in AES by 5,703.5% during the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 2,426,912 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $50,310,000 after buying an additional 2,385,094 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.13% of the company’s stock.

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.