Analysts Set Expectations for AES's Q2 Earnings (NYSE:AES)

The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research lowered their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for AES in a research note issued to investors on Monday, July 7th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the utilities provider will post earnings per share of $0.48 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.51. The consensus estimate for AES's current full-year earnings is $1.93 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AES's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.61 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.73 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.10 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.45 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.53 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.40 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.32 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.31 EPS.

AES (NYSE:AES - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 1st. The utilities provider reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.37 by ($0.10). The firm had revenue of $2.93 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.13 billion. AES had a net margin of 10.67% and a return on equity of 18.06%. The business's revenue was down 5.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.60 earnings per share.

AES has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of AES from $108.00 to $112.00 in a research note on Friday, May 2nd. HSBC decreased their target price on shares of AES from $15.00 to $14.00 in a research note on Monday, May 5th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of AES from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Saturday, May 24th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of AES from a "hold" rating to an "underperform" rating and cut their price target for the stock from $10.00 to $9.00 in a report on Tuesday, May 20th. Finally, Citigroup cut their price target on shares of AES from $23.00 to $14.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 9th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $24.22.

AES Trading Down 3.9%

Shares of AES opened at $11.07 on Wednesday. AES has a 52-week low of $9.46 and a 52-week high of $20.30. The business's fifty day moving average is $10.80 and its 200-day moving average is $11.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.42, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a current ratio of 0.84. The firm has a market cap of $7.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.02, a PEG ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 0.95.

Institutional Trading of AES

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC lifted its stake in AES by 33.5% in the 1st quarter. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC now owns 3,880 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $48,000 after purchasing an additional 974 shares in the last quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in AES by 5.1% in the 1st quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 20,904 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $260,000 after purchasing an additional 1,006 shares in the last quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of AES by 4.0% in the 1st quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC now owns 26,290 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $327,000 after buying an additional 1,011 shares during the last quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of AES by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 94,686 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $1,176,000 after buying an additional 1,012 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of AES by 5.0% in the 1st quarter. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC now owns 24,752 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $307,000 after buying an additional 1,173 shares during the last quarter. 93.13% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.

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