How to buy The AES Corporation stock (AES)

The AES Corporation is an utilities - diversified business based in the US. The AES Corporation shares (AES) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $12.50 – a decrease of 7.54% over the previous week. The AES Corporation employs 9,600 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $12.3 billion.

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The AES Corporation stock price (NYSE: AES)

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The AES Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-12.

Latest market close	$12.50
52-week range	$12.53 - $21.76
50-day moving average more info button	$15.49
200-day moving average more info button	$17.35
Wall St. target price	$20.03
PE ratio more info button	9.4375
Dividend yield more info button	$0.69 (5.1%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$1.44

Is it a good time to buy The AES Corporation stock?

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The AES Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $12.87 from 2024-12-17

1 week (2024-12-12)	-4.81%
1 month (2024-11-19)	-6.40%
3 months (2024-09-19)	-31.90%
6 months (2024-06-18)	-32.12%

1 year (2023-12-19)	-33.52%
2 years (2022-12-19)	-50.94%
3 years (2021-12-17)	21.7942
5 years (2019-12-19)	16.6895

Is The AES Corporation stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing The AES Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of The AES Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

The AES Corporation's P/E ratio

The AES Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9x. In other words, The AES Corporation shares trade at around 9x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

The AES Corporation's PEG ratio

The AES Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.0921. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into The AES Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

The AES Corporation's EBITDA

The AES Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $3.3 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a The AES Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

The AES Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	$12.3 billion
Operating margin TTM	20.16%
Gross profit TTM	$2.5 billion
Return on assets TTM	2.84%
Return on equity TTM	-2.55%
Profit margin	8.34%
Book value	$4.63
Market Capitalization more info button	$9.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

The AES Corporation share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 29.83% of net profits

Recently The AES Corporation has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), The AES Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In The AES Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.69 per share.

While The AES Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that The AES Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

The AES Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 13 February 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 January 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have The AES Corporation's shares ever split?

The AES Corporation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 1 June 2000 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your The AES Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for The AES Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted The AES Corporation's share price.

The AES Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, The AES Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $12.53 up to $21.7646. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while The AES Corporation's is 1.09. This would suggest that The AES Corporation's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

The AES Corporation overview

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. It uses various fuels and technologies to generate electricity, such as coal, gas, hydro, wind, solar, and biomass, as well as renewables comprising energy storage and landfill gas. The company owns and/or operates a generation portfolio of approximately 34,596 megawatts and distributes power to 2. 6 million customers. The company was formerly known as Applied Energy Services, Inc. and changed its name to The AES Corporation in April 2000.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of The AES Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.454% of The AES Corporation shares are held by insiders and 100.096% by institutions. How many people work for The AES Corporation?
Latest data suggests 9,600 work at The AES Corporation. When does the fiscal year end for The AES Corporation?
The AES Corporation's fiscal year ends in December. Where is The AES Corporation based?
The AES Corporation's address is: 4300 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA, United States, 22203 What is The AES Corporation's ISIN number?
The AES Corporation's international securities identification number is: US00130H1059 What is The AES Corporation's CUSIP number?
The AES Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 00130H105