AESC Stock Overview

Operates as a power generation and utility company in the United States and internationally. More details

Snowflake Analysis

Solid track record established dividend payer.

Rewards

Trading at 53.3% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 5.2% per year

Earnings grew by 596.7% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings

Shares are highly illiquid

Dividend of 6.53% is not well covered by free cash flows

The AES Corporation Competitors

EVN

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VERBUND

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€22.5b

Talen Energy

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Huadian Power International

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HK$58.6b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for AES
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$9.85
52 Week High	US$12.09
52 Week Low	US$9.85
Beta	0.80
1 Month Change	n/a
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-16.98%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	AESC	AT Renewable Energy	AT Market
7D	-15.3%	-5.6%	-8.0%
1Y	n/a	-14.3%	4.0%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how AESC performed against the Austrian Renewable Energy industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how AESC performed against the Austrian Market.

Price Volatility

Is AESC's price volatile compared to industry and market?
AESC volatility
AESC Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Renewable Energy Industry Average Movement	4.5%
Market Average Movement	4.5%
10% most volatile stocks in AT Market	8.1%
10% least volatile stocks in AT Market	2.5%

Stable Share Price: AESC's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the Austrian market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine AESC's volatility change over the past year.

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About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1981	9,100	Andres Gluski Weilert	www.aes.com

The AES Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a 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. It uses various fuels and technologies to generate electricity, such as coal, gas, hydro, wind, solar, and biomass, as well as renewables comprising energy storage and landfill gas.

The AES Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do AES's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
AESC fundamental statistics
Market cap	€7.73b
Earnings (TTM)	€1.54b
Revenue (TTM)	€11.20b

4.6x

P/E Ratio

0.6x

P/S Ratio

Is AESC overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
AESC income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$12.28b
Cost of Revenue	US$9.96b
Gross Profit	US$2.31b
Other Expenses	US$628.00m
Earnings	US$1.69b

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

May 02, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	2.37
Gross Margin	18.85%
Net Profit Margin	13.73%
Debt/Equity Ratio	339.8%

How did AESC perform over the long term?

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Dividends

6.5%

Current Dividend Yield

29%

Payout Ratio

Does AESC pay a reliable dividends?

See AESC dividend history and benchmarks

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/04/04 20:49
End of Day Share Price	2025/04/04 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

The AES Corporation is covered by 23 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Gary Hovis	Argus Research Company
Daniel Ford	Barclays
Nicholas Campanella	Barclays

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