Brokers Offer Predictions for The AES Co.’s Q2 2025 Earnings (NYSE:AES)

The AES Co. (NYSE:AES) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of AES in a report issued on Tuesday, June 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the utilities provider will post earnings of $0.28 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.31. The consensus estimate for AES’s current full-year earnings is $1.91 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AES’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.33 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on AES. Seaport Res Ptn cut shares of AES from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 21st. Barclays decreased their target price on shares of AES from $21.00 to $20.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, March 14th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $22.00 price target on shares of AES in a report on Tuesday, April 9th. UBS Group decreased their price objective on AES from $20.00 to $19.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 3rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $25.00 price objective on shares of AES in a research report on Monday, March 25th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, AES has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $22.50.

AES Stock Performance

NYSE AES opened at $18.47 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.04. The stock has a market cap of $13.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.65 and a beta of 1.11. AES has a fifty-two week low of $11.43 and a fifty-two week high of $22.60. The business has a fifty day moving average of $19.31 and a 200-day moving average of $18.01.

AES (NYSE:AES) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 3rd. The utilities provider reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.16. AES had a net margin of 4.40% and a return on equity of 36.23%. The business had revenue of $3.09 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.20 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.22 EPS. The business’s revenue was down 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Trading of AES

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Global Retirement Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of AES by 18.0% during the fourth quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 4,378 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $78,000 after acquiring an additional 668 shares in the last quarter. Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc. increased its position in shares of AES by 13.0% in the 4th quarter. Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc. now owns 7,008 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $135,000 after purchasing an additional 806 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Finance LLC lifted its position in shares of AES by 4.7% during the first quarter. Empirical Finance LLC now owns 18,185 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $326,000 after purchasing an additional 823 shares during the last quarter. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co grew its stake in AES by 0.5% in the first quarter. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co now owns 205,127 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $3,679,000 after purchasing an additional 1,003 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Private Trust Co. NA raised its stake in AES by 68.8% during the fourth quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 2,669 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $51,000 after buying an additional 1,088 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.13% of the company’s stock.

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.