Zacks Research Brokers Decrease Earnings Estimates for AES

The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES - Free Report) - Zacks Research reduced their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for AES in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, July 10th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the utilities provider will earn $0.46 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.48. 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 $0.77 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.44 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.52 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.39 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Argus restated a "hold" rating on shares of AES in a research report on Tuesday, May 27th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of AES from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Saturday, May 24th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of AES from $108.00 to $112.00 in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Citigroup decreased their price objective on shares of AES from $23.00 to $14.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 9th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on shares of AES from $16.00 to $14.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a 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 assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $24.22.

AES Stock Performance

NYSE AES traded up $0.20 on Friday, hitting $12.61. The stock had a trading volume of 20,985,247 shares, compared to its average volume of 13,795,431. AES has a one year low of $9.46 and a one year high of $20.30. The company has a quick ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.42. The stock has a market cap of $8.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.85, a P/E/G ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 0.95. The company's 50-day moving average is $10.96 and its two-hundred day moving average is $11.22.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AES

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Point72 Asset Management L.P. purchased a new stake in AES in the 4th quarter worth approximately $121,627,000. FMR LLC lifted its position in AES by 19.5% in the 4th 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. lifted its position in 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 buying an additional 7,519,129 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in AES by 64.2% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 15,948,807 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $205,261,000 after buying an additional 6,238,087 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sound Shore Management Inc. CT purchased a new stake in AES in the 4th quarter worth approximately $69,083,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.13% of the company's stock.

AES Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 15th. Investors of record on Friday, August 1st will be given a $0.176 dividend. This represents a $0.70 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.58%. AES's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 38.04%.

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.