The AES Co. (NYSE:AES) Expected to Earn FY2025 Earnings of $2.07 Per Share

The AES Co. (NYSE:AES) – Zacks Research decreased their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for AES in a report released on Wednesday, March 27th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will earn $2.07 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $2.08. The consensus estimate for AES’s current full-year earnings is $1.90 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AES’s FY2026 earnings at $2.07 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also recently commented on the company. Barclays reduced their price target on AES from $21.00 to $20.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 14th. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $25.00 price target on shares of AES in a research report on Monday. Finally, Argus reissued a “buy” rating and set a $25.00 price target on shares of AES in a research report on Tuesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, AES presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $21.57.

AES Stock Up 3.7 %

NYSE:AES opened at $17.25 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.42, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a current ratio of 0.68. The company has a market cap of $12.26 billion, a PE ratio of 52.27, a PEG ratio of 0.99 and a beta of 1.07. AES has a 52-week low of $11.43 and a 52-week high of $25.74. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $16.27 and a 200 day simple moving average of $16.53.

AES (NYSE:AES) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $2.97 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.36 billion. AES had a return on equity of 38.76% and a net margin of 2.12%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.49 earnings per share.

AES Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 1st will be given a $0.1725 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 30th. This represents a $0.69 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.00%. AES’s payout ratio is 209.10%.

Institutional Trading of AES

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in AES by 15.5% during the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 679,615 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $10,330,000 after purchasing an additional 91,247 shares during the last quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of AES by 81.2% during the 3rd quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 351,220 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $5,339,000 after acquiring an additional 157,421 shares during the period. Lazard Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of AES by 370.1% during the 3rd quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 116,537 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,770,000 after acquiring an additional 91,749 shares during the period. Quadrature Capital Ltd lifted its position in shares of AES by 54.8% during the 3rd quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd now owns 273,365 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $4,157,000 after acquiring an additional 96,808 shares during the period. Finally, Channing Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of AES by 16.7% during the 3rd quarter. Channing Capital Management LLC now owns 352,276 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $5,355,000 after buying an additional 50,341 shares in the last quarter. 93.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.