Zacks Research Brokers Increase Earnings Estimates for AES

The AES Co. (NYSE:AES) – Research analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for AES in a research report issued 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 forecast 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.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on AES. Hsbc Global Res raised AES to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 13th. Seaport Res Ptn cut AES from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Monday, March 3rd. Mizuho dropped their price objective on shares of AES from $16.00 to $15.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. Susquehanna reduced their target price on shares of AES from $16.00 to $15.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, Barclays cut their price target on shares of AES from $17.00 to $12.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 27th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, AES presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $16.63.

AES Trading Down 0.4 %

Shares of AES stock opened at $12.45 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.86 billion, a PE ratio of 8.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 0.94. 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’s 50 day moving average is $11.34 and its 200 day moving average is $13.88. AES has a 1 year low of $9.88 and a 1 year high of $22.21.

AES (NYSE:AES) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 28th. The utilities provider reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.20. The company had revenue of $2.96 billion for 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 last year, the company posted $0.73 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. FMR LLC raised its holdings in shares of AES by 19.5% during the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 49,173,626 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $632,865,000 after purchasing an additional 8,027,426 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its position in AES by 18.2% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 38,651,752 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $775,354,000 after acquiring an additional 5,960,546 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew 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. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of AES by 2.3% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 16,895,678 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $216,862,000 after buying an additional 381,761 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of AES by 64.2% in the fourth 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 in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.13% of the company’s stock.

AES Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 1st will be issued a dividend of $0.176 per share. This represents a $0.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 1st. AES’s payout ratio is 29.54%.

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.