Zacks Research Brokers Increase Earnings Estimates for AES

The AES Co. (NYSE:AES) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for AES in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, March 26th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the utilities provider will post earnings per share of $0.48 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.45. The consensus estimate for AES’s current full-year earnings is $1.93 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AES’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.51 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.62 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.54 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.16 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.19 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also weighed in on AES. HSBC began coverage on AES in a research note on Friday, December 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $17.00 target price on the stock. Mizuho reduced their target price on shares of AES from $16.00 to $15.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, March 4th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of AES to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 13th. Barclays reduced their price objective on AES from $17.00 to $12.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 27th. Finally, 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 note on Tuesday, March 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating, six have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, AES currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $16.63.

AES Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of NYSE AES opened at $12.42 on Friday. AES has a 12-month low of $9.88 and a 12-month high of $22.21. The company has a market cap of $8.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a current ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $11.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is $13.85.

AES (NYSE:AES) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 28th. The utilities provider reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.20. The company had revenue of $2.96 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.07 billion. AES had a net margin of 8.34% and a return on equity of 27.30%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.73 EPS.

AES Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 1st will be given a $0.176 dividend. This represents a $0.70 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.67%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 1st. AES’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 29.54%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On AES

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in AES. Point72 Asset Management L.P. acquired a new stake in AES during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $121,627,000. FMR LLC lifted its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 8,027,426 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 7,519,129 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its position in shares of AES by 64.2% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 15,948,807 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $205,261,000 after purchasing an additional 6,238,087 shares during the period. Finally, State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of AES by 18.2% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 38,651,752 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $775,354,000 after purchasing an additional 5,960,546 shares during the last quarter. 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.