Zacks Research Has Negative Outlook of AES FY2025 Earnings

The AES Co. (NYSE:AES - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research cut their FY2025 EPS estimates for AES in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, May 22nd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the utilities provider will earn $2.13 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast 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 brokerages have also recently weighed in on AES. Wall Street Zen cut AES from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, May 24th. Bank of America raised AES from an "underperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and increased their target price for the stock from $11.00 to $13.00 in a research report on Tuesday, March 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on shares of AES from $16.00 to $14.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 24th. Argus reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of AES in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Susquehanna decreased their target price on shares of AES from $16.00 to $15.00 and set a "positive" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, AES has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $24.22.

AES Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE AES traded up $0.15 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $10.20. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,289,075 shares, compared to its average volume of 12,438,631. 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 firm's fifty day moving average price is $10.86 and its 200-day moving average price is $11.70. AES has a 1-year low of $9.46 and a 1-year high of $22.21. The firm has a market cap of $7.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.08, a P/E/G ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 0.94.

AES (NYSE:AES - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The utilities provider reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.37 by ($0.10). The company had revenue of $2.93 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.13 billion. AES had a return on equity of 27.30% and a net margin of 8.34%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.60 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Point72 Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of AES during the 4th quarter valued at about $121,627,000. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in AES by 19.5% during the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 49,173,626 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $632,865,000 after buying an additional 8,027,426 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in AES by 35.7% in the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 28,571,119 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $367,499,000 after buying an additional 7,519,129 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased 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 buying an additional 6,238,087 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sound Shore Management Inc. CT bought a new stake in shares of AES during the 4th quarter worth $69,083,000. 93.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

AES Company Profile

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.