AES (NYSE:AES) Issues FY25 Earnings Guidance

AES (NYSE:AES) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.10-2.26 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.03. AES also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.100-2.260 EPS.

AES Stock Performance

Shares of AES stock opened at $10.41 on Friday. AES has a 12-month low of $9.88 and a 12-month high of $22.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 0.99. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $11.54 and a 200 day simple moving average of $14.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a current ratio of 0.85 and a quick ratio of 0.80.

AES (NYSE:AES) last released its earnings results on Friday, February 28th. The utilities provider reported $0.54 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $2.96 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.07 billion. AES had a return on equity of 27.30% and a net margin of 8.34%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.73 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that AES will post 1.93 EPS for the current year.

AES Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced 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. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 1st. This represents a $0.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.76%. AES’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 48.61%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AES has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Mizuho cut their target price on AES from $24.00 to $16.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. HSBC assumed coverage on AES in a research report on Friday, December 13th. They set a “buy” rating and a $17.00 price objective for the company. Hsbc Global Res upgraded AES to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 13th. Barclays cut 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 started coverage on AES in a research report on Monday, November 25th. They set an “underperform” rating and a $11.00 price objective for the company. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, AES currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $18.80.

About AES

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.