In the last trading session, 25.9 million AES Corp (NYSE:AES) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.01. With the company’s per share price at $11.24 changed hands at -$0.47 or -4.01% during last session, the market valuation stood at $8.00B. AES’s last price was a discount, traded about -97.6% off its 52-week high of $22.21. The share price had its 52-week low at $9.57, which suggests the last value was 14.86% up since then.
Analysts gave the AES Corp (AES) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.00. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 8 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 1 recommended AES as a Hold, 7 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. AES Corp’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.47.
AES Corp (NYSE:AES) trade information
Instantly AES was in red as seen at the end of in last trading. With action -10.44%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -12.67%, with the 5-day performance at -10.44% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, AES Corp (NYSE:AES) is 14.69% up.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 15, meaning bulls need an upside of 25.07% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, AES’s forecast low is 7 with 15 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -33.45% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 37.72% for it to hit the projected low.
AES Corp (AES) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -4.41% down from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 3 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 2.97B. 3 analysts are of the opinion that AES Corp’s revenue for the current quarter will be 3.24B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 2.94B and 3.29B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 1.04%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -1.57%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 39.18%. The 2025 estimates are for AES Corp earnings to increase by 0.72%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 2.79% per year.
AES Dividends
AES Corp is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in June. The 6.20% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.70. It is important to note, however, that the 6.20% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 9.8197% or 69.47 million shares worth $1.22 billion as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Dec 31, 2024 were VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund . With 22.29 shares estimated at $250.56 million under it, the former controlled 3.13% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.70% of the shares, roughly 19.25 shares worth around $216.36 million.
