Currently, there are 711.07M common shares owned by the public and among those 708.30M shares have been available to trade.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -1.96% and -10.35% over the past three months. AES shares are trading -18.57% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance down to -41.19% lower. It has a 12-month low price of $9.88 and touched a high of $22.21 over the same period. AES has an average intraday trading volume of 15.68 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -11.96%, -7.61%, and -28.45% respectively.
Institutional ownership of AES Corp (NYSE: AES) shares accounts for 93.84% of the company’s 711.07M shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $7.46B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.96. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 4.41, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $2.37. The company has a PEG of 1.58 and a Quick Ratio of 0.73 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 6.42. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 7.16% over the week and 4.63% over the month.
Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 0.01%, and 4.78% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of 2.79% over the next five years, compared to 39.18% over the past 5-year period.
Looking at the support for the AES, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. Jefferies stated their Hold rating for the stock in a research note on April 10, 2025, with the firm’s price target at $10. BofA Securities coverage for the AES Corp (AES) stock in a research note released on March 04, 2025 offered a Neutral rating with a price target of $13. Seaport Research Partners was of a view on March 03, 2025 that the stock is Sell, while HSBC Securities gave the stock Buy rating on December 13, 2024, issuing a price target of $17. BofA Securities on their part issued Underperform rating on November 25, 2024.
