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AES vs. NRG, ORA, GNE, WEC, ED, DTE, AEE, PPL, FE, and ES

Should you be buying AES stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AES include NRG Energy (NRG), Ormat Technologies (ORA), Genie Energy (GNE), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Consolidated Edison (ED), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), and Eversource Energy (ES).

AES vs. Its Competitors

AES (NYSE:AES) and NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

AES has a net margin of 8.42% compared to NRG Energy's net margin of 1.78%. NRG Energy's return on equity of 88.22% beat AES's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AES8.42% 19.02% 3.01%
NRG Energy 1.78%88.22%6.80%

AES pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. AES pays out 49.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NRG Energy pays out 79.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AES has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and NRG Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. AES is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

AES has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NRG Energy has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, NRG Energy had 14 more articles in the media than AES. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for NRG Energy and 12 mentions for AES. NRG Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat AES's score of 0.19 indicating that NRG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AES
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
NRG Energy
22 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AES has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NRG Energy. AES is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NRG Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AES$12.28B0.84$1.68B$1.4210.25
NRG Energy$28.13B1.17$1.13B$2.2176.98

AES currently has a consensus price target of $23.91, suggesting a potential upside of 64.20%. NRG Energy has a consensus price target of $197.46, suggesting a potential upside of 16.07%. Given AES's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe AES is more favorable than NRG Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AES
3 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
NRG Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

93.1% of AES shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of NRG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of AES shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of NRG Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

NRG Energy beats AES on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AES and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AES vs. The Competition

MetricAESUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.37B$26.53B$16.91B$22.02B
Dividend Yield4.93%3.43%4.57%3.59%
P/E Ratio10.2519.8019.3233.12
Price / Sales0.844.3931.9660.09
Price / Cash3.539.3919.3424.22
Price / Book1.342.412.324.68
Net Income$1.68B$1.43B$748.50M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.20%0.25%0.35%2.22%
1 Month Performance9.01%4.76%8.47%1.17%
1 Year Performance-14.25%17.94%49.20%13.47%

AES Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AES
AES
4.9793 of 5 stars
$14.56
+2.5%
$23.91
+64.2%
-16.8%$10.37B$12.28B10.259,100Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
NRG
NRG Energy
4.686 of 5 stars
$167.01
-1.0%
$193.92
+16.1%
+86.2%$32.31B$28.13B75.5715,637Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ORA
Ormat Technologies
4.0686 of 5 stars
$109.86
+1.1%
$99.30
-9.6%
+33.0%$6.67B$879.65M51.101,512Positive News
GNE
Genie Energy
0.9362 of 5 stars
$15.83
+2.3%
N/A-5.5%$422.82M$425.20M113.07190
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.3517 of 5 stars
$117.62
+0.7%
$114.64
-2.5%
+16.5%$37.86B$8.60B22.537,017Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.0808 of 5 stars
$101.76
+0.6%
$105.92
+4.1%
-6.2%$36.70B$15.26B18.4715,097Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DTE
DTE Energy
4.628 of 5 stars
$143.34
+1.0%
$146.08
+1.9%
+8.9%$29.76B$12.46B20.629,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AEE
Ameren
4.1606 of 5 stars
$105.77
+0.2%
$106.38
+0.6%
+16.9%$28.60B$7.62B23.258,981Analyst Forecast
PPL
PPL
3.8868 of 5 stars
$37.69
+0.7%
$39.00
+3.5%
+12.8%$27.87B$8.46B28.136,653Analyst Forecast
FE
FirstEnergy
3.5806 of 5 stars
$47.24
+0.6%
$46.91
-0.7%
+5.4%$27.27B$13.47B20.9012,294Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ES
Eversource Energy
4.3274 of 5 stars
$72.92
+0.5%
$65.67
-9.9%
+10.1%$27.06B$11.90B31.3010,680Positive News
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This page (NYSE:AES) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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