In the last trading session, 11.79 million shares of the AES Corp (NYSE:AES) were traded, and its beta was 0.94. Most recently the company’s share price was $11.46, and it changed around $0.02 or 0.17% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $8.16B. AES currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $20.30, offering almost -77.14% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $9.46, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 17.45% since then.
AES Corp stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 2.12. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 2 out of 16 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 4 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 5 recommended AES as a Hold, whereas 5 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.
AES Corp (NYSE:AES) trade information
Instantly AES has showed a green trend with a performance of 0.17% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 11.77 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 2.63%. The company’s shares are currently down -10.96% year-to-date, but still up 5.33% over the last five days. On the other hand, AES Corp (NYSE:AES) is -7.58% down in the 30-day period.
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $15, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 23.6% from its current value. Analyst projections state that AES is forecast to be at a low of $7 and a high of $15.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 39.18%. AES Corp earnings are expected to increase by 0.46% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 2.79% per year for the next five years.
AES Dividends
AES Corp’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in July. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 6.08 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.70. It is important to note, however, that the 6.08% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.
CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS, with 9.8197% or 69.47 million shares worth $1.22 billion as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
