Weekly Research Analysts’ Ratings Updates for AES (AES)

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of AES (NYSE: AES) in the last few weeks:

• 3/5/2025 – AES had its price target lowered by analysts at Susquehanna from $16.00 to $15.00. They now have a “positive” rating on the stock.
• 3/4/2025 – AES had its price target lowered by analysts at Mizuho from $16.00 to $15.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 3/4/2025 – AES was upgraded by analysts at Bank of America Co. from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $13.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $11.00.
• 3/3/2025 – AES was downgraded by analysts at Seaport Res Ptn from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating.
• 1/27/2025 – AES had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $17.00 to $12.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

AES Stock Up 1.6 %

AES stock traded up $0.19 on Monday, hitting $12.50. 760,167 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 10,740,690. 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 firm has a market cap of $8.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 0.94. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $11.23 and its 200 day simple moving average is $14.09. The AES Co. has a 1 year low of $9.88 and a 1 year high of $22.21.

AES (NYSE:AES) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 28th. The utilities provider reported $0.54 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.20. AES had a return on equity of 27.30% and a net margin of 8.34%. The business had revenue of $2.96 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.07 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.73 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that The AES Co. will post 1.93 earnings per share for the current year.

AES Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 15th. Investors 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 5.63%. AES’s payout ratio is 29.54%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AES

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of AES. Millburn Ridgefield Corp bought a new stake in AES in the 3rd quarter worth about $28,000. SRS Capital Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of AES by 190.3% during the 4th quarter. SRS Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 2,412 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 1,581 shares during the period. Optiver Holding B.V. grew its stake in shares of AES by 79.5% during the 4th quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. now owns 2,711 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 1,201 shares during the period. WR Wealth Planners LLC grew its stake in shares of AES by 93.3% during the 4th quarter. WR Wealth Planners LLC now owns 2,837 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 1,369 shares during the period. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC grew its stake in shares of AES by 760.4% during the 4th quarter. McIlrath & Eck LLC now owns 3,347 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 2,958 shares during the period. 93.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.