Zacks Research Has Negative Outlook for AES FY2025 Earnings

The AES Co. (NYSE:AES - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research reduced their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of AES in a report issued on Thursday, May 22nd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings per share of $2.13 for the year, down from their prior estimate of $2.16. The consensus estimate for AES's current full-year earnings is $1.93 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AES's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.72 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.47 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.54 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.72 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.41 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also weighed in on AES. Argus reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of AES in a research report on Tuesday. Bank of America raised AES from an "underperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and lifted their target price for the company from $11.00 to $13.00 in a research report on Tuesday, March 4th. Citigroup reduced their price target on AES from $23.00 to $14.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 9th. Susquehanna reduced their price target on AES from $16.00 to $15.00 and set a "positive" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on AES from $16.00 to $14.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 24th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, AES currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $24.22.

AES Stock Down 3.5%

NYSE AES traded down $0.35 on Monday, reaching $9.72. 17,569,819 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 12,433,540. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 0.85. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $10.98 and a 200-day moving average price of $11.74. The company has a market cap of $6.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.75, a PEG ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 0.94. AES has a 12 month low of $9.46 and a 12 month high of $22.21.

AES (NYSE:AES - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results 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). AES had a return on equity of 27.30% and a net margin of 8.34%. The business had revenue of $2.93 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.13 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.60 earnings per share. AES's revenue was down 5.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AES. Point72 Asset Management L.P. acquired a new position in AES during the 4th quarter valued at about $121,627,000. FMR LLC increased its position in AES by 19.5% during the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 49,173,626 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $632,865,000 after buying an additional 8,027,426 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in AES by 35.7% during the 4th quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 28,571,119 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $367,499,000 after purchasing an additional 7,519,129 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in AES by 64.2% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 15,948,807 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $205,261,000 after purchasing an additional 6,238,087 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sound Shore Management Inc. CT purchased a new stake in AES during the 4th quarter valued at about $69,083,000. 93.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.